Psychology
[saɪ'kɒlədʒɪ] or [saɪ'kɑlədʒi]
Definition
(n.) The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul.
Editor: Pierre
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Metaphysics, pneumatology, science of mind.
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Examples
- But the trouble with them is that the psychology is weak and uninformed, distorted by moral enthusiasms, and put out without any particular reference to the task of statesmanship. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- That as I understand it is the psychology of the Golden Rule. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was a work of genius, yet no one would claim that it is a mature psychology of the Varieties of Religious Experience. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Yet the fact had better be faced: psychology has not gone far enough, its results are still too vague for our purposes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As stated at the outset the psychology of scientific discovery must be the subject of prolonged investigation, but some data are already available. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Genetic psychology attempts to trace the development of mind as a mea ns of adjustment. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Something similar will have to be done for political psychology. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The evidence of this difference between the psychology of the average distinguished scientist and the average member of general society was greatly strengthene d upon cross-examination. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Modern psychology has substituted for the general, ready-made faculties of older theory a complex group of instinctive and impulsive tendencies. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Child-study, psychology, and a knowledge of social environment supplement the personal acquaintance gained by the teacher. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Like most of James's psychology, it opens up investigation instead of concluding it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This is ultimately a complex problem in psychology, but it is absurd to pretend that it is an insoluble one. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The psychology of the ruler is a science that has still to be properly studied. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Wallas's book and the special literature of the subject leave no doubt that a precise political psychology is far off indeed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- In the psychology of the present day there is much that is reminiscent of the biological psychology of Aristotle. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- There are, too, any number of social psychologies, such as those of Ross and McDougall. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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