{
    "term": "psychology",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the scientific study of the mind and how it influences behaviour",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "clinical/educational/child/sport psychology"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Kevin has a master's degree in psychology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's a professor of psychology at Harvard University."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["clinical", "professional", "academic"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the kind of mind that somebody has that makes them think or behave in a particular way",
            "sensetop": "psychology of somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the psychology of small boys",
                    "contextForm": "psychology of somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I help the actors understand the psychology of their characters."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The answers we give will reflect our own psychology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Watching the shoppers at the sales gave her a first-hand insight into crowd psychology."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["individual", "own", "crowd"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "how the mind influences behaviour in a particular area of life",
            "sensetop": "psychology of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the psychology of interpersonal relationships",
                    "contextForm": "psychology of something"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/saɪˈkɒlədʒi/",
                "audio": "ps/psychology/psychology__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/saɪˈkɑːlədʒi/",
                "audio": "ps/psychology/psychology__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 17th cent.: from modern Latin psychologia (see psycho-, -logy)."
}