某件事或某個人裡面的運作
同一個字從「研究它的學問」滑到「被研究的那個東西」：不再是課本上的科目，而是某個具體對象心裡實際在跑的那一套。
mindset behind an activity · noun · B2
The way the mind works in a particular activity or belief — the thoughts and feelings behind it.
心理（機制）
核心畫面
Picture someone trying to look inside the part of a person you cannot see — what is going on in there that makes them think this, feel that, do the other. Psychology can name the whole subject that asks the question, or the answer for one particular case: what is going on inside this person, this crowd, this activity.
可以想成：有人想看進一個人身上看不見的那一塊——裡面到底在運作什麼，才會讓他這樣想、這樣感覺、這樣做。psychol…更多收起
可以想成：有人想看進一個人身上看不見的那一塊——裡面到底在運作什麼，才會讓他這樣想、這樣感覺、這樣做。psychology 可以指「問這個問題的那門學問」，也可以指某一個具體情況下的答案：這個人、這群人、這件事的裡面在跑什麼。From the picture
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study of the mind · noun · B2
The study of the mind and how it makes people think, feel, and act.
心理學
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
psychologynoun/saɪˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/
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The study of the human mind.
- Idleness is the beginning of all psychology .
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The study of human or animal behavior.
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historicalThe study of the soul.
- Alcinous in Didascalius chapter 23 uses the three physical locations of the human soul from Timaeus 69c–72c […] to lead into a dedicated discussion of psychology.
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The mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
- For generations, historians have conjectured everything from a warped psychology to a deformed body as accounting for Elizabeth's preferred spinsterhood...
- In the United States, the psychology of a laborer, a farmer, a businessman does not differ in any important respect.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。