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psychology

[sahy-kol-uh-jee] / saɪˈkɒl ə dʒi /


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She has now turned to art to help her process what happened and to explore the psychology of grooming.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Misuse of therapy speak, or the casual use of clinical psychology terms, is a pervasive problem, and one that therapists note actually shuts down communication, as opposed to improving it.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Singh enrolled in UC Santa Cruz in June 2024 and was a psychology major, according to Hernandez-Jason.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

If only the psychology of artificial intelligence were as verifiable as math.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

I found some books on experimental psychology and leafed through them slowly, then checked the indexes and bibliographies.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

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

In the painterly warmth of his effort, he succeeds, without condescension or pathos, but also without ignoring daily life’s realities or the psychologies of tightknit families in strapped circumstances.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 5, 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

She loves, she added, to linger in and study the psychologies of women.

From New York Times Feb. 11, 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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