psychologist
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Origin of psychologist
First recorded in 1720–30; psycholog(y) + -ist
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Edna Foa, a clinical psychologist, died March 24 at 88, had pioneered prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Consumer psychologist Kate Nightingale says companies actually want customers to associate negative emotions with the cancellation process.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
One early smart machine was the Mark I Perceptron, an “artificial brain,” invented in 1958 by the psychologist Frank Rosenblatt, that could learn to classify simple patterns, such as geometric shapes and handwritten letters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
“This is what we’ve all been hoping for,” said Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist and author of “The Anxious Generation.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
Our tests were administered by an attractive French psychologist named Madame Haberman, who was herself a Mensa member.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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