applied psychology

collocation in English

meaningsofappliedandpsychology

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applied
adjective[before noun]
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/əˈplaɪd/us
/əˈplaɪd/
relating to a subject of study, especially a science, that has a ...
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psychology
noun[U]
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/saɪˈkɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/saɪˈkɑː.lə.dʒi/
the scientific study of the way the human mind works and how it influences behaviour, or the influence of a particular person's character on their ...
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(Definition ofappliedandpsychologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Soon after the development of experimental psychology, various kinds ofappliedpsychologyappeared.
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Challenges arise when trying to achieve a successfulappliedpsychologyin a culture.
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However, the lines between sub-branch specializations and majorappliedpsychologycategories are often blurred.
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He had a particular interest inappliedpsychologyand offered courses on salesmanship as well as the math ofappliedpsychology.
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Appliedpsychologycombines the understanding of theory as applied to individual situations.
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And without further support fromappliedpsychology, diagnoscopy did not manage to gain entrance into academic science anywhere else.
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But he was drawn intoappliedpsychologythrough some pioneer work that he did in forensic psychology.
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It is most welcome as an affordable general text for the growing field of theappliedpsychologyof ageing.
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This is, perhaps, all the more reason why the student concentrating onappliedpsychologyshould be made aware of the merits (and inadequacies) inherent in various types of research design.
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Besides these issues, we have not commented on many other potentially relevant aspects, such as the implications of our view for neuropsychological disorders, or for clinical andappliedpsychology.
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First, there is the establishment of a scientific basis of anappliedpsychologyof ageing in which gerontological and social processes involved in ageing are discussed.
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The theoretical perspectives are mainly from human factors,appliedpsychologyand cognitive science.
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In addition, related investigations are being undertaken in other units working in the field ofappliedpsychology, social medicine and genetics.
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Similarly, the lives of commanders of armies in the field depend on what is called morale which is simplyappliedpsychology.
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I say that we are in fact practical psychologists, and that a great deal of our work isappliedpsychology.
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It concentrates on multiple aspects of psychology such asappliedpsychology, school psychology, and psychologists' trainers.
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As such, it provides the general basis for developing psychological theories not readily testable by controlled experiments and forappliedpsychology.
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Like scientist-practitioner training, practitioner-scholar training is characterized by core courses in both basic andappliedpsychology, supervision during extensive clinical experience, and research consumption.
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Techniques and models from cognitive psychology are widely applied and form the mainstay of psychological theories in many areas of both research andappliedpsychology.
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His interdisciplinary efforts covered developments in methodology, theory testing from the biology of personality to psychosomatics and new perspectives inappliedpsychology.
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