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psychology

[sahy-kol-uh-jee] / saɪˈkɒl ə dʒi /


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Mr. Kashdan is a psychology professor and founder of the Well-Being Laboratory at George Mason University.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

She worries about an inflationary psychology in an economy where investment by AI hyperscalers has become relentless, making cost no object.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Thus, when his mother started reading child psychology books to better understand a young Del Toro, he read them as well, so that he could try to manipulate her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

"As human beings, we have this tendency to compare ourselves to others," said Phillippa Diedrichs, professor of psychology at the Centre for Appearance Research, UWE Bristol.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

There’s little reason to suppose that any of the above would share our goals or psychology and try to reach us.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

As for Mr. Oliver’s enthusiasm for psychotherapy, not all of us are able to spend long hours exploring the wounds that our unique psychologies or childhoods have inflicted on us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

Hunter is clearly interested in more than the catalytic effect of divergent psychologies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

Es Devlin is a British designer of memories and psychologies, ideas and dreams.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2023

Exhibiting all the storytelling skills that made her earlier books so readable and popular, Pulley also offers a piercing study of how a police state deforms individual psychologies, personal relationships and professional ethics.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2022

I wouldn't exactly call it blackmail," Brion smiled, "but I suppose if you people can juggle planetary psychologies, you must find that individuals can be pushed around like chessmen.

From Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison


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