psychologynoun [ U ]
uk/saɪˈkɒl.ə.dʒi/us/saɪˈkɑː.lə.dʒi/B2 the scientific study of the way the human mind works and how it influences behaviour, or the influence of a particular person's character on their behaviour :
She studied psychology at Harvard.
a lecturer in psychology
child psychology
the psychology of the soldier
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- She studied behavioural psychology at college.
- cognitive psychology
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Science of psychology & psychoanalysis
- cognitive
- commit
- committal
- Freudian
- gestalt
- id
- inkblot test
- Jungian
- Oedipal
- psych
- psycho
- psychoanalyse
- psychological
- repression
- shock therapy
- shrink
- subliminal
- superego
- transference
- word association
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