psychology department
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- noun
- /saɪˈkɑlədʒi dɪˈpɑrtmənt/
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departamento de psicología
- We selected 50 participants from the psychology department and the others from various departments of the social science faculty.
- psychology department at a university
Another thing I'm starting is I'll be collaborating with folks from the psychology department at NYU to do human testing on ORC.
- Another thing I'm starting is I'll be collaborating with folks from the psychology department at NYU to do human testing on ORC.
- And Justin, who was the students here is now in Chicago and and a student of, of, of Liz who is now at NYU in the psychology department.
Examples
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Our paper identifies key features that writing activities should have, with a field study that was part of an initiative sponsored by a psychology department to improve student writing.
Academic text (2011) -
We recruited nonathletes through flyers displayed in the psychology department; we asked those interested to sign up for an appointment with a researcher.
Academic text (2004) -
We're in the psychology department.
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Why not the psychology department?
Academic text (1995) -
In college, I earned extra pocket money by volunteering for experiments at the psychology department.
Fiction book (1992) -
Another thing I'm starting is I'll be collaborating with folks from the psychology department at NYU to do human testing on ORC.
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A convenience sample of 60 college students volunteered via sign-up sheets posted in the psychology department at a regional Midwestern university.
Academic text (2007) -
We recruited nonathletes from undergraduate psychology courses at UND and through announcements posted in the psychology department.
Academic text (2004) -
For the last two years, I have taught an eight-month senior undergraduate course on political correctness in the psychology department at my college titled PSY 383E: Psychology and Ideology -- the Study of Political Correctness.
Academic text (2003) -
Mark Leary is chair of the psychology department at Wake Forest University.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an academic department for psychology' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'psychology' (study of mind and behavior) with 'department' (a specialized academic unit). This noun+noun compositional pattern is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Psychology department combines psychology (the 'study of the mind') and department (a 'part of a university' where teachers and researchers work). The image is of teachers, students and labs all in one place studying mind and behavior, so it means 'the part of a college that teaches and researches psychology'.