psychology

UK /saɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/ US /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
noun 4

Definitions

noun

1

The study of the human mind.

Idleness is the beginning of all psychology .

2

The study of human or animal behavior.

3

The study of the soul.

Alcinous in Didascalius chapter 23 uses the three physical locations of the human soul from Timaeus 69c–72c […] to lead into a dedicated discussion of psychology.

4

The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.

For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for Elizabeth's preferred spinsterhood...

In the United States, the psychology of a laborer, a farmer, a businessman does not differ in any important respect.

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