experimental psychology

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.

experimental psychology

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of experimental psychology¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Although experimental psychology originated in Germany in 1879, Watson’s notorious study foreshadowed a messy, contentious approach to the “science of us” that has played out over the last 100 years.

From Science News

The effect’s existence has since become one of the most robust findings in all of experimental psychology.

From Washington Post

Experimental psychology began about twenty-five years ago; at that time there existed one psychological laboratory.

From Project Gutenberg

Experimental psychology is but a half-century old; educational psychology, less than a quarter-century old.

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His demonstrations were conducted along lines familiar to all students of experimental psychology.

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The early history of experimental psychology in America once occasioned discussion.

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So experimental psychology needs as its starting point an exact definition of the technique to be used in making the experiment.

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