psychologist

«psychologist» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who studies the mind and how people think, feel… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a psychologist, psychologists)

meaning for a pupil

1) A psychologist is a person who studies the mind and how people think, feel and behave. tree →

2) A psychologist is also a trained person who helps people with worries, feelings or learning difficulties. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life a school or educational psychologist may help pupils who find learning or feelings hard. In science it is a person who studies behaviour with experiments. Phrases: «child psychologist», «educational psychologist», «sports psychologist».

examples

• The school psychologist helps children who are worried. tree →
• A psychologist studies how memory works. tree →
• My cousin wants to be a psychologist. tree →
• The sports psychologist helps players stay calm. tree →
• The psychologist asked me some questions. tree →
• Psychologists did tests on how babies learn. tree →
• A child psychologist listened to her feelings. tree →
• Talking to a psychologist can help. tree →

note

The «p» is silent: sy-KOL-o-jist. Not the same as a psychiatrist (a medical doctor who can prescribe medicine). Subject: psychology.

In the corpora

• The "10,000 hours" idea was made famous by the writer Malcolm Gladwell, based on research by the psychologist Anders Ericsson.
• Owning up is scary for a minute and freeing afterwards; psychologists find children who own up are usually punished less and trusted more.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «psychologist» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.