scientific psychology

collocation in English

meaningsofscientificandpsychology

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scientific
adjective
uk
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/
us
/ˌsaɪənˈtɪf.ɪk/
relating to science, or using the organized methods ...
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psychology
noun[U]
uk
/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 ofscientificandpsychologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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People feel will, andscientificpsychologyneeds to know why.
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Few areas ofscientificpsychologyare immune from the acclaimed role that similarity plays in theory construction.
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The empirical will - the actual relationship between mind and action - is a central topic ofscientificpsychology.
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He touches most of the relevant (and sometimes forgotten) bases and rehearses an argument that has dominatedscientificpsychologyfor about a century.
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The individual subject andscientificpsychology(pp. 97-112).
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The individual subject andscientificpsychology(pp. 87 - 111).
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The individual subject andscientificpsychology(pp. 113-152).
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Project for ascientificpsychology.
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The two disciplines ofscientificpsychology.
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Beyond the two disciplines ofscientificpsychology.
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The individual subject andscientificpsychology.
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For these gains seem to me puny, andscientificpsychologyseems to me ill-founded.
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Educators have singled out the book as a source of stories to make the topic ofscientificpsychologymore engaging in the classroom.
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This perspective stands in contrast to the positivist reductionist orientation of thescientificpsychology.
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Today these differences, such as sensory and motor functioning (reaction time, visual acuity, and physical strength) are important domains ofscientificpsychology.
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Students in these programs receive a broad and general education inscientificpsychologyand evidence-based treatment.
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He believed that the contents of the mind were not open to scientific scrutiny and thatscientificpsychology should emphasize the study of observable behavior.
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Asscientificpsychologydid not take its modern form until the late 19th century, earlier influences on positive psychology came primarily from philosophical and religious sources.
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Common-sense psychology andscientificpsychology.
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