psychodynamics
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- noun
- /ˌsaɪkoʊdaɪˈnæmɪks/
- Specialized
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psicodinámica
- Its subjects include the psychodynamics of female creativity, linguistics and the problem of female language, the trajectory of the individual or collective female literary career, literary history, and of course, studies of particular writers and works.
And I was doing some psychodynamics with her.
- And I was doing some psychodynamics with her.
Examples
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Nandy argues that studying the psychodynamics of empire reveals "a false sense of cultural homogeneity in Britain" (33). See Foucault's The History of Sexuality: An Introduction, Vol. I for his discussion of sexuality.
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Rousseau and Ling (2007) noted that resources, in the understanding of positive organizational relationships, can be directly traced to psychodynamics and the positive psychology literature.
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The psychodynamics of compulsive stealing are well established.
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Even though TS is no longer traced to psychodynamics and can be treated with medication, it is recognized as a complex problem for both parents and children.
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This stage-oriented theory served as a useful framework for understanding the psychodynamics of the exiting process (Rosenberg, 1984).
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This permeable structure allows the passage of biologically active materials necessary for cell nutrition and prevents damage in live tissue psychodynamics (16).
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"And, while Elaine Freedgood has linked the air balloon to the sublime, the peculiar psychodynamics of fancy displayed in balloon writings have remained unexplored.
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These characters aren't being threatened by otherworldly aliens or vampires, creatures normally only seen on the screen or in pulp fiction; this situation involves the psychodynamics of terrorism that the contemporary audience experiences in the everyday world and plays it out on television 24 times a year.
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Much of the feminist film theory that developed in the 1970s relied on the notion of a cinematic apparatus through which film technologies interacted with the ideological determinants of the cinematic institution and the psychodynamics of viewers.
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The study of psychodynamics helps us understand how unresolved conflicts can shape our behaviors.
Synonyms
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Ideas and methods that explain people's behavior using the unconscious mind and childhood experiences
Ideas about the hidden part of the mind and early childhood that shape behaviour
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word psychodynamics comes from psyche, meaning 'mind', the same root as in psychology, and dynamics, meaning 'forces' or 'movement', like the word dynamic. So psychodynamics is the study of the mental 'forces' or movements inside a person that shape their behavior and feelings.