experimental psychology

American  

noun

1. the branch of psychology dealing with the study of emotional and mental activity, as learning, in humans and other animals by means of experimental methods.

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experimental psychology British  

noun

1. the scientific study of the individual behaviour of man and other animals, esp of perception, learning, memory, motor skills, and thinking

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Etymology

Origin of experimental psychology

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Eldest of four children, he attended Brooklyn College and Yale University, where he earned a master’s degree in experimental psychology and a doctorate in social psychology.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2024

We know from experimental psychology that people remember things better when they have contributed to it or generated it themselves, and also value such things more.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2023

Ms. Miller, who holds a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Texas Christian University, is the second female and first Black president of Hamline.

From Washington Times • Apr. 3, 2023

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Oberlin College in Ohio in 1951, Mr. Morrisett studied for two years at U.C.L.A, then earned a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Yale in 1956.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023

Danny was working on an experimental psychology project that had to do with the relationship between reinforcement and rapidity of learning, and I was doing a long paper on the logic of ought statements.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok