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[sahy-kuh-loj-i-kuh

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adjective

of or pertaining to psychology.

pertaining to the mind or to mental phenomena as the subject matter of psychology.

of, pertaining to, dealing with, or affecting the mind, especially as a function of awareness, feeling, or motivation: psychological play; psychological effect.

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Also, psy·cho·log·ic.

Origin:
1785–95; psycholog(y) + -ical

Related forms

psy·cho·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

non·psy·cho·log·ic, adjective

non·psy·cho·log·i·cal, adjective

non·psy·cho·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

pre·psy·cho·log·i·cal, adjective

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pseu·do·psy·cho·log·i·cal, adjective

sem·i·psy·cho·log·ic, adjective

sem·i·psy·cho·log·i·cal, adjective

sem·i·psy·cho·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

un·psy·cho·log·i·cal, adjective

un·psy·cho·log·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Example Sentences

Kluger is surprised that siblings, who loom so large in our lives, haven't been at the center of more psychological study.

Someone who understands these things please explain the psychological differences.

He observed that lots of psychological experiments have been done on the effects of status and lots on the effects of power.

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Kluger is surprised that siblings, who loom so large in our lives, haven't been at the center of more psychological study.

Someone who understands these things please explain the psychological differences.

He observed that lots of psychological experiments have been done on the effects of status and lots on the effects of power.

But psychological problems are harder to solve with technology.

Psychological pressure can make you more attentive, improving your memory and ability to learn.

Sun, of course helps both the immune system and psychological welfare.

There is some psychological separation from the street, yet it feels neighborly.

Wine critics might disagree, but at this point it's a robust psychological fact.

The finding runs counter to the widespread belief that people who were adopted run a higher risk of psychological problems.

That's pretty well proven by psychological research.

The idea that observing disorder can have a psychological effect on people has been around for a while.

Experts point to isolation, financial distress and lack of psychological services as contributing factors.

Perpetually plugged-in youngsters are more likely to suffer poor psychological health.

Kennedy's responses to questionnaires and psychological tests he was first given as an undergraduate.

Astronauts travel light, but they bring their psychological baggage with them.

All bespeak entrenched prejudices that rob the wealthy of sympathy for their psychological plaints.

It doesn't matter if an illness is psychological in origin or not.

America's armed forces have long recognised the psychological damage war can cause.

Though safer than they once were, sleeping pills can lead to psychological addiction.

Psychological impacts of long-term separation anxiety.

Skinner had already used pigeons in his psychological research, training them to press levers for food.

The psychological benefits of the deal are impossible to quantify.

There is also a culture of machismo and of distrust of psychological help.

As any shopper knows, numbers pull our psychological strings.

With that being said, profiling can work, but psychological profiling.

Emotions are incredibly important psychological phenomena.

But the types of combat exposure have changed, as have the potential triggers for negative psychological reactions later in life.

Ultimately the suspicion forms that though these are bodily manifestations, the cause is psychological.

They figure out the psychological moment when someone wants to pay and then design the best experiences around that.

The impact from a psychological perspective hasn't really changed.

Audiences are giving speakers powerful psychological incentives to conceal any information that challenges their beliefs.

Most poignant is the psychological pain of those stigmatized by obesity.

Add guilt and post-traumatic stress, and you might think the survivors could face a permanent psychological handicap.

He excelled at hagiography and left psychological penetration mostly in the eye of the beholder.

Psychological studies have seen a mix of results with different types of technology.

The second part focuses on the personal and psychological rehabilitation of inmates.

But psychological factors probably play a big part, too.

Observations suggest they try a cunning psychological ploy to prevent their partner fleeing the nest.

For me, boredom is complicated because it depends on your personal psychological state,present goals and many other factors.

But the results also fit with a sociological rather than psychological explanation.

The program also provides tutoring and psychological support.

Poe pioneered the psychological horror story, the detective story, and the emerging genre of science fiction.

Therefore, genetic and psychological factors cannot account for the rise in obesity.

Phobias may arise from childhood psychological trauma, abnormalities in the structure of the brain, and even human evolution.

Time is a basic psychological frame into which our mind process motion in the universe.

Mars500 was designed to study the psychological effects of a year-and-a-half-long, deep-space voyage to the red planet.

Psychological researchers suggest that evolutionary thinking is unnatural.

To survive, they must compete for the same resources using every physical and psychological weapon in their arsenals.

The process is slow, during which it takes an extreme physical and psychological toll.

But the gain in physical space wasn't as important as the change in psychological space.

Some tips on what to expect when a potential employer asks you to take a psychological test.

Rather, it is an established psychological phenomenon in which the brain tries to make sense of fragmentary information.

How well the miners get along throughout their ordeal will also affect whether the experience leaves behind psychological scars.

They now reach out and grab the viewer and create a psychological experience.

Those patches of concentrated green are a psychological comfort.

Nonetheless, theirs is a life of extraordinary psychological demands:.

Depending on the replies, and the results of standardized psychological tests, the interview may proceed into deeper waters:.

Excessive television or computer use may indicate psychological problems.

Maybe even for psychological comfort in a space you regularly frequent.

Which led a trio of researchers to suspect that wearing counterfeits might quietly take a psychological toll on the wearer.

Mamet shows no interest in offering a tidy psychological explanation for.

Psychological symptoms, such as anxiety and irritability, can also be present.

Recent research has revealed abnormal patterns of brain activation in people who have experienced psychological trauma.

Our daily lives are deeply rooted in subconscious psychological behavior.

Common psychological wisdom holds that crying offers healthy catharsis, but some researchers say that isn't always the case.

OP's coworkers were mocking her life choices, in a manner designed to inflict psychological pain.

China offers more in the way of psychological solace for companies eager to show they can still do business.

All of this has given me a better insight into the psychological problems of others.

Cartoons had a direct effect on our psychological make-up.

IN the psychological web that is marriage, there is no sure way to know which threads are crucial.

Both cases have something to do with psychological warfare.

But the commandant did apply many forms of psychological pressure.

The clip doesn't explain why or how his third wife left him, but it's apparently had a long-term psychological effect on him:.

Beyond that, however, friendship clearly has a profound psychological effect.

Corruption also exacts a high psychological cost on those who engage in.

Local psychological operations are given a fair amount of flexibility to operate as they please.

Security, he believes, starts with the recognition that it is a psychological as much as an objective state.

In essence, virtual reality can ease pain, both physical and psychological.

They reach out and grab the viewer and create a psychological experience.

But there was a suggestion that they might be adapted as a psychological warfare tool.

Anozier and other people with psychological disabilities forge happy.

But the psychological damage is much deeper and more difficult to eradicate.

Next, the researcher wants to look into whether this psychological phenomenon extends into other areas of cleanliness.

The reason, younger people exercise too many psychological ploys to disguise their character.

Some might have been duped by a psychological operation.

Five operations were conducted after female personnel complained of psychological issues.

He made his peers aware of serious flaws in the methods they had been using to draw inferences from their psychological research.

He had to infuse the emotional and psychological requirements of the screenplay into buildings, landscapes, rooms.

But some of it is the experience of going through cancer treatments and the psychological ramifications of that.

It offers contenders a psychological prize people cannot win in other contexts:.

Academics have offered a variety of psychological explanations.

America's unique military and political power produced a comparable psychological distortion.

That's why there are no psychological problems with dogs in those countries.

Not all psychological and emotional disorders portend violence, even in society's eyes.

Besides nutrition, there are also mechanical and psychological issues to consider.

It lacks any pretension to depth as a psychological portrait.

They're skinny, but they don't have psychological problems.

It gives a connotation of the visual but also of the psychological landscape.

Sacks said, is what are the biological, psychological or social factors that influence whether a person can stick to any diet.

Policemen involved in violent incidents are normally suspended from active duty and given psychological help.

Catalina's separation from the mainland is psychological and geographical.

People suffering from sleep-deprivation are at an increased risk for obesity, diabetes, psychological problems and car crashes.

They have tried everything from tracking customer purchases to psychological profiles.

DeFeis declined to elaborate on his client's psychological problems.

Where people want to live is influenced by many factors that are psychological and socio-economic.

It's not her physical strength that commands respect, it's her psychological strength and the power of her intention.

My last post talked about the depressing lack of progress in treatments for depression and other common psychological disorders.

Research from wild baboons provides insight into perhaps the best way to combat daily, psychological stress.

The book lamented this fundamental loss-and its social, psychological and even political implications.

Take economic profit versus psychological fairness as an example.

Researchers are isolating the compounds secreted by humans and attempting to decode their physiological and psychological effects.

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World English Dictionary

psychological (ˌsaɪkəˈlɒdʒɪk^əl)

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to psychology
2.	of or relating to the mind or mental activity
3.	having no real or objective basis; arising in the mind: his backaches are all psychological
4.	affecting the mind

psycho'logically

—*adv*

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psychological psy·cho·log·i·cal (sī'kə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl) or psy·cho·log·ic (-lŏj'ĭk)
adj.

Of or relating to psychology.
Of, relating to, or arising from the mind or emotions.
Influencing or intended to influence the mind or emotions.

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