applied psychology

Noun

Meaning

any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc.

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

analytic parapsychology psychometrics cognitive psychology clinical psychology psychological warfare neuropsychology social psychology industrial psychology

Hypernyms

psychology psychological science

Examples

War has given applied psychology a tremendous impulse. This will, on the whole, do good, for psychology, which is the largest and last of the sciences, must not try to be too pure. G. Stanley Hall

Applied psychology can, therefore, speak the language of an exact science ill its own field, independent of economic opinions and debatable partisan interests. Hugo Munsterberg

By the time Dewey moved to Chicago at the age of thirty-five, he had already published two books on psychology and applied psychology. Source: Internet

The novel shows what might happen to Christianity in the United States given mass communications, applied psychology, and a hysterical populace. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

applied oneself applied oneself to applied parasitology applied science applied sciences applied scientific