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# psychology

noun (psychology — uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. Psychology is the science that studies the mind, feelings and how people (and animals) think and behave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychology/#m1)
2. Someone's psychology is the way they think and feel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychology/#m2)

### In the lessons

In lessons on feelings and the body, psychology explains learning, memory and emotions; in everyday life a psychologist helps people. Phrases: study psychology, child psychology, the psychology of colour.

### Examples

- My aunt studied psychology at university. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychology/#x1)
- Psychology helps us understand why people feel sad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychology/#x2)
- Child psychology is about how children think. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychology/#x3)
- Shops use psychology to make you buy more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychology/#x4)
- The coach understood the team's psychology. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychology/#x5)
- We learned some psychology about memory. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/psychology/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. Say sy-KOL-uh-jee; the p is silent. A psychologist studies the mind; a psychiatrist is a medical doctor for mental illness.

## On Mova

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