Phrase Hound found 27 phrases and 31 compound words that contain psychology. The most common are listed below. Open psychology in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 27
- social psychologyThe interplay between the individual and society.
- clinical psychologyA branch of psychology with the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.
- cognitive psychologyA branch of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language.
- educational psychologyA branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning.
- biological psychologyThe application of the principles of biology to the study of mental processes and behavior.
- depth psychologyAn approach to psychology which attempts to describe and explain the structure, content, and relationship of conscious and unconscious mental activity, and which is intended to serve as a basis for psychoanalytic therapies.
- reverse psychologyThe advocacy of one course of action in such a way as to persuade someone to take an opposite course.
- evolutionary psychologyA theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, that is, as the functional products of natural selection.
- developmental psychologyThe scientific study of the psychological, emotional, and perceptual changes that occur in human beings over the course of their lifespans.
- criminal psychologyBranch of psychology which studies the wills, thoughts, intentions and reactions of criminals.
- abnormal psychologyThe academic study of persons whose psychological characteristics deviate from the norm, such as neuroses, psychoses, and other disorders.
- act psychologyA behavioral approach to psychological study with a focus on studying and inferring from actions rather than by studying through reflection or introspection.
- functional psychologyA psychological school of thought that was a direct outgrowth of Darwinian thinking which focuses attention on the utility and purpose of behavior that has been modified over years of human existence.
- individual psychologyA psychological method or science founded by the Viennese psychiatrist Alfred Adler.
- pop psychologyAbbreviation of popular psychology: The lay theory or practice of psychology.
- popular psychologyThe lay theory or practice of psychology.
- armchair psychologyThe practice of giving psychological advice, or speculating about a person's mental health, without any qualification to do so.
- crowd psychologyA branch of social psychology which is concerned with the behaviour and thought processes of individual crowd members and the crowd as a whole; a study of the dynamics within large groups of people and the nature of the relationship …
- differential psychologyA branch of psychology focusing on how and why individuals differ in their behaviour.
- analytical psychologyA theory and therapeutic approach founded by Carl Gustav Jung, which extends beyond Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis by emphasizing the role of the collective unconscious.
- behavioral psychologySynonym of behaviorism: An approach focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological …
- cod psychologyBeliefs about psychology that have no basis in fact; psychological prejudices, amateur psychology.
- industrial-organizational psychologyThe scientific study of human behavior in organizations and the workplace.
- analytic psychologyAlternative form of analytical psychology: A theory and therapeutic approach founded by Carl Gustav Jung, which extends beyond Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis by emphasizing the role of the collective unconscious.
- behavioural psychologySynonym of behaviorism: An approach focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological …
Compound words 31
- psychologicOf or pertaining to psychology.
- biopsychologybiological psychology
- morphopsychologyThe supposed correspondence between facial features and personality.
- paedopsychologyThe systematic study or theoretical consideration of the nature, functioning, and development of the minds (or, more rarely, the souls) of children and/or infants; child psychology.
- ethnopsychologyThe scientific study of psychological concepts as they exist across different ethnic groups
- geropsychologyA branch of psychology that focuses on elderly people.
- chronopsychologyThe study of the psychological effects of human circadian rhythms and related topics
- prepsychologyPrior to psychology.
- antipsychologyOpposed to psychology.
- autopsychologyThe psychological study of oneself.