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psychologies
noun(psy-chol-o-gy)the science of mind and behavior
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noun(psy-chol-o-gy)the mental or behavioral characteristics of an individual or group
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noun(psy-chol-o-gy)the study of mind and behavior in relation to a particular field of knowledge or activity
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noun(psy-chol-o-gy)a branch of psychology concerned with mental and emotional disorders (such as anxiety disorders, phobias, depression, and developmental disorders) and with certain incompletely understood normal phenomena (such as dreams and hypnosis)
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noun(psy-chol-o-gy)psychoanalysis; also : psychology concerned especially with the unconscious mind
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noun(psy-chol-o-gy)psychology concerned with human maturation, school learning, teaching methods, guidance, and evaluation of aptitude and progress by standardized tests
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noun(psy-chol-o-gy)the study of perception and behavior from the standpoint of an individual's response to configurational wholes with stress on the uniformity of psychological and physiological events and rejection of analysis into discrete events of stimulus, percept, and response
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noun(psy-chol-o-gy)the application of the findings and methods of experimental, clinical, and social psychology to industrial concerns
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noun(psy-chol-o-gy)a branch of psychology that deals with the effects of normal and pathological physiological processes on mental life —called also psychophysiology
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noun(psy-chol-o-gy)the study of the manner in which the personality, attitudes, motivations, and behavior of the individual influence and are influenced by social groups