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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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Origin of experimental psychology

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby experimental psychology

experimental condition, experimental group, experimentalism, experimentalize, experimental medicine, experimental psychology, experimental theater, experimentation, experimenter effect, experiment station, expert

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How to use experimental psychology in a sentence

“The psychology of BDSM is lacking in other formal training regiments and interactions,” added Stella.
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Ambassador Shirley Temple Black attributed this to the “deeply risk-averse psychology of the Czech people.”
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It combines pickup techniques supposedly inspired by evolutionary psychology with self-help pseudoscience.
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The course Jackson taught at VMI, “Natural and Experimental Philosophy,” was brutally difficult.
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I made experimental commercials in the experimental division of a production house, Film X, that made commercials for ad agencies.
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Several Americans, we are informed, have gallantly offered themselves for experimental purposes.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
This is the only book that I know which goes deeply into the corrupting, demoralizing psychology of prison life.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman
Neither I nor my companion would have had the courage to have gone in her on her experimental trip.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
The work of this department is experimental and investigative, with a view to the improvement of agriculture in all its branches.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
He was the advocate of experimental rather than theoretical systems of medicine, and early adopted the practice of inoculation.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for experimental psychology

experimental psychology

noun

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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Medical definitions for experimental psychology

experimental psychology

The branch of psychology that studies conditioning, learning, perception, motivation, emotion, language, and thinking by conducting experiments under controlled conditions.

Any of the branches of psychology that make extensive use of experimental methods.