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psychology

[sahy-kol-uh-jee] / saɪˈkɒl ə dʒi /


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Dr Pascal Vrticka, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Essex, has spent nearly two decades studying attachment.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Readers can dig into a character's psychology, historical context, or a philosophical concept -- no separate research required.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Plus, this excruciating level of oversight likely isn’t personal, says Tessa West, a psychology professor at New York University and the author of “Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What to Do About Them.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Strangely, Patterson, an Emmy-nominated TV writer, devotes more attention to the plot than to the play’s psychology.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Hanson also preceded Kuhn in stressing the importance of gestalt psychology and in laying emphasis on the philosophy of Wittgenstein.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

“Magdalena takes cartoon characters as a starting point and imagines the possible psychologies and narratives these characters may experience,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 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, "yet I suppose if you people can juggle planetary psychologies, you must find that individuals can be pushed around like chess men.

From Sense of Obligation by Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)




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