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# psychologist

noun (a psychologist, psychologists)

«psychologist» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A psychologist is a person who studies the mind and how people think, feel and behave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychologist/#m1)
2. A psychologist is also a trained person who helps people with worries, feelings or learning difficulties. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychologist/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life a school or educational psychologist may help pupils who find learning or feelings hard. In science it is a person who studies behaviour with experiments. Phrases: «child psychologist», «educational psychologist», «sports psychologist».

### Examples

- The school psychologist helps children who are worried. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychologist/#x1)
- A psychologist studies how memory works. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychologist/#x2)
- My cousin wants to be a psychologist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychologist/#x3)
- The sports psychologist helps players stay calm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychologist/#x4)
- The psychologist asked me some questions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychologist/#x5)
- Psychologists did tests on how babies learn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychologist/#x6)
- A child psychologist listened to her feelings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychologist/#x7)
- Talking to a psychologist can help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychologist/#x8)

### Note

The «p» is silent: sy-KOL-o-jist. Not the same as a psychiatrist (a medical doctor who can prescribe medicine). Subject: psychology.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «psychologist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychologist/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«psychologist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/psychologist.html) on Mova free.