psychology

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ noun
1 [U] the scientific study of the mind and how it influences behaviour: social / educational / child psychology
2 [sing.] the kind of mind that sb has that makes them think or behave in a particular way: the psychology of small boys
3 [sing.] how the mind influences behaviour in a particular area of life: the psychology of interpersonal relationships

Thesaurus dictionary

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n.

(mental) make-up, constitution, attitude, behaviour, thought processes, thinking, psyche, nature, feeling(s), emotion(s), rationale, reasoning:

I cannot understand the psychology of fascism.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ study of the mind/the way people behave

PSYCHOLOGY + NOUN

clinical, professional | academic, experimental | applied | cognitive, developmental, educational, social | child

More information about SUBJECT

SUBJECT:

of study do, read, study ~ do ~

is more commonly used with school subjects (but may also be used with university subjects):She did maths, physics and chemistry at school.

study ~

is used with both school and university subjects:He studied German at school. She went on to study mathematics at university.

read ~

is only used with university subjects and is quite formal:She was educated privately and at Pembroke College, where she read classics.

lecture in, teach ~

He taught music at a school in Edinburgh.

Other verbs used withsubjectcan also be used with particular subjects of study:Half the students take geography at A level. We offer accounting as a subsidiary course.

~ degree, a degree/diploma in ~

a law degree a higher diploma in fine art

~ class, course, lecture, lesson

The genetics lectures are on a different campus.

~ department, a/the department of ~

All enquiries should be made to the Department of Architecture.

~ graduate, student, undergraduate

Some architecture graduates gain further qualifications in specialist fields.

~ lecturer, teacher, tutor

He's an English teacher at Highland Road School.

~ professor, (a) professor of ~

She's professor of linguistics at the University of Wales.

the study of ~

The study of philosophy helps you to think critically.

in ~

He got As in history and art.

² type of mind that a person/group has

ADJ.

individual, own

The answers we give will reflect our own psychology.

| crowd, group

Watching the shoppers at the sales gave her a first-hand insight into crowd psychology.

| human

Concise English dictionary

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psychologiessaɪ'kɑlədʒɪ /saɪ'kɒ-
noun
+the science of mental life