How to Use psychology in a Sentence
psychology
noun- We need to understand the psychologies of the two people involved in the incident.
- She studied psychology in college.
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There needs to be work that solves, or attempts to solve, that gap between neuroscience and clinical psychology.
— Andrew Solomon, Town & Country, 1 Nov. 2022 -
And, like my poor wife, Jeanine's reverse psychology totally worked!
— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2022 -
Both spent a significant amount of time falling down the rabbit hole of Alcala’s crimes and the psychology behind his killing sprees.
— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024 -
Speaking of psychology, here comes Palmer with some news that is going to send Paradise into an emotional spiral.
— Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022 -
On his way to graduating with a degree in psychology, Dornbach decided to enter the transfer portal.
— Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022 -
This was, in fact, the cutting edge of psychology at the time.
— Wired, 13 Nov. 2019 -
The rangers explained to Palu that the goal of this ice-dip test is part skill, part psychology.
— National Geographic, 15 Aug. 2019 -
All of the flaws in Trump’s character and psychology have come to light through this virus.
— James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2020 -
The new discipline of psychology would do much the same.
— Joseph Loconte, National Review, 4 Apr. 2021 -
Not just the design aspect of it, but the psychology behind it [and] why things work.
— D'shonda Brown, Essence, 30 Nov. 2022 -
This may sound odd, but the psychology of this is holding us back.
— Michael Gale, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022 -
But the psychology of the deal can be just as important.
— Gary Miller, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2019 -
The psychology was that of a game that required her to be constantly on alert.
— Sarah Kessler, WIRED, 12 June 2018 -
And yet, the strength of her best bits is the specificity and depth of her analysis of her own psychology.
— Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2022 -
Objects plays fast and loose with actual psychology and sense, but is a hell of a lot of fun along the way.
— Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 2 July 2019 -
Use tact and a touch of psychology to bring any rebels into line and keep the domestic peace.
— Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 9 July 2021 -
But psychology would still be the best way to understand it.
— Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2018 -
The funny thing is, this kind of deep psychology around aesthetics used to be the province of art.
— New York Times, 26 Jan. 2017 -
That bit of psychology hasn’t changed, even if the silicon has.
— Ewan Spence, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021 -
Adelia Johnson, 24, said the two met in a college psychology class.
— Fox News, 6 Aug. 2019 -
In a time when novelists tend to be more concerned with psychology than the soul, that makes it a rare and valuable thing.
— Sam Sacks, WSJ, 12 July 2018 -
Over the past 20 to 30 years in the field of psychology there has risen a new branch of study called Positive Psychology.
— Colby Martin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2023 -
Gen Dread newsletter is a clearing house for ideas and tools at the nexus of climate and psychology.
— Katharine Wilkinson, Time, 19 July 2021 -
The psychology part of this trip is going to be challenging.
— Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 13 June 2018 -
Which fear is more likely to rule the day has to do with each person’s psychology and perception of risk.
— Hannah Herrera Greenspan, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2020 -
Thus, did his psychology of striking out on his own make perfect sense to you?
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2023 -
Then the Harvard psychology researcher rigged the system so that not every peck would yield a tasty treat.
— William Wan, Houston Chronicle, 17 June 2018 -
The series delves into the psychology of both characters, giving insight into how they are each defined by their particular obsessions, and how those manifest in very different ways.
— Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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