psychology
- Top 5000
Sense 1
- noun
- B2
The study of how people think and feel, and why they act the way they do.
She is taking a psychology course to understand child development better.
Modern psychology uses careful experiments to test how memory really works.
After three years of psychology he decided to train as a therapist.
Common collocations: study psychology · a degree in psychology · child psychology · clinical psychology · the psychology department
Part of: School subjects, Science and technology, School and teaching
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- C1
The way a person or a group thinks and feels, and what makes them act in a certain way.
Advertisers study the psychology of shoppers to design better packaging.
I have never understood the psychology of people who enjoy horror films.
A good coach knows the psychology of a team under pressure.
Common collocations: the psychology of crowds · consumer psychology · understand the psychology behind something · reverse psychology
Part of: Personality, Attitudes and opinions, Talking to people
Forms
- plural
- psychologies (rare)