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PSYCHOLOGIST

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Meaning:

A scientist trained in psychology

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("psychologist" is a kind of...):

scientist (a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "psychologist"):

behaviorist; behaviourist (a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism)

hypnotiser; hypnotist; hypnotizer; mesmerist; mesmerizer (a person who induces hypnosis)

parapsychologist (someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance)

psycholinguist (a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language)

psychophysicist (a psychologist trained in psychophysics)

Instance hyponyms:

Robert M. Yerkes; Robert Mearns Yerkes; Yerkes (United States psychologist who studied the intelligence of primates (1876-1956))

John Broadus Watson; Watson (United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958))

Edward Lee Thorndike; Thorndike (United States educational psychologist (1874-1949))

B. F. Skinner; Burrhus Frederic Skinner; Fred Skinner; Skinner (United States psychologist and a leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990))

Herb Simon; Herbert A. Simon; Herbert Alexander Simon; Simon (United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001))

Carl Rogers; Rogers (United States psychologist who developed client-centered therapy (1902-1987))

Jean Piaget; Piaget (Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980))

C. K. Ogden; Charles Kay Ogden; Ogden (English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957))

Leary; Tim Leary; Timothy Francis Leary; Timothy Leary (United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996))

Carl Gustav Jung; Carl Jung; Jung (Swiss psychologist (1875-1961))

James; William James (United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910))

G. Stanley Hall; Granville Stanley Hall; Hall (United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924))

Arnold Gesell; Arnold Lucius Gesell; Gesell (United States psychologist noted for his work in child development (1880-1961))

Eysenck; H. J. Eysenck; Hans Eysenck; Hans Jurgen Eysenck (a British psychologist (born in Germany) noted for his theories of intelligence and personality and for his strong criticism of Freudian psychoanalysis)

Clark; Kenneth Bancroft Clark; Kenneth Clark (United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were discriminatory (1914-2005))

Cattell; R. B. Cattell; Ray Cattell; Raymond B. Cattell; Raymond Bernard Cattell (American psychologist (born in England) who developed a broad theory of human behavior based on multivariate research (1905-1998))

Cattell; James McKeen Cattell (American psychologist and editor (1860-1944))

Burt; Cyril Burt; Cyril Lodowic Burt (English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971))

Alfred Binet; Binet (French psychologist remembered for his studies of the intellectual development of children (1857-1911))

Derivation:

psychology (the science of mental life)

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