psy‧chol‧o‧gy W3 AC / saɪkɒlədʒi $ -kɑ- / 名词 ( 复数形式 psychologies )

1 [不可数名词] the study of the mind and how it influences people’s behaviour

educational/social etc psychology

experts in the field of developmental psychology

2 [不可数名词] the mental processes involved in believing in something or doing a certain activity

psychology of

research into the psychology of racism

3 [可数和不可数名词] what someone thinks or believes, and how this affects what they do :

the psychology of three-year-olds

mob psychology

You have to use psychology to get people to stop smoking.