Definition of Psychodynamics

1. Noun. The interrelation of conscious and unconscious processes and emotions that determine personality and motivation.


2. Noun. The branch of social psychology that deals with the processes and emotions that determine psychology and motivation.
Generic synonyms: Social Psychology
Specialized synonyms: Group Dynamics

Definition of Psychodynamics

1. Noun. The dynamic interplay between forces that govern human behaviour. ¹

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Definition of Psychodynamics

1. [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Psychodynamics

psychobiologist
psychobiologists
psychobiology
psychobiotic
psychochemical
psychochemicals
psychodelic drug
psychodiagnostic
psychodid
psychodrama
psychodramas
psychodramatic
psychodramatically
psychodynamic
psychodynamically
psychodynamics
psychodysleptic
psychoeconomic
psychoeducation
psychoeducational
psychoemotional
psychogalvanic response
psychogeneses
psychogenesis
psychogenetic
psychogeneticist
psychogeneticists
psychogenetics
psychogenic
psychogenic fugue

Literary usage of Psychodynamics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Problems of Life and Mind by George Henry Lewes (1874)
"Psychodynamics. 24. From the biological stand-point our first division of the Organism is into Affective and Active, ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1913)
"This definition is slightly different from the one given by Lehmann, who defines psychodynamics as the exact doctrine of the quantitative influence of ..."

3. Reflective Practice: Psychodynamic Ideas in the Community by Leslie Swartz, Kerry Gibson, Tamara Gelman (2002)
"Individual psychotherapy and the science of psychodynamics. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd. Maw, ... Problems, needs and psychodynamics: An explanatory ..."

4. The Sex Offender: New Insights, Treatment Innovations and Legal Developmentsby Barbara K Schwartz, Henry R Cellini by Barbara K Schwartz, Henry R Cellini (1997)
"Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 10(3), 296-308. Lisak, D., & Roth, S. (1990). Motives and psychodynamics of self-reported, ..."

5. The Sex Offenderby Barbara K. Schwartz, Henry R. Cellini by Barbara K. Schwartz, Henry R. Cellini (1995)
"The Psychodynamics of Violence-Prone Marriages. American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 38, 213-222. Tanghe, A., & Vereecken, J. (1970). ..."

6. The Sex Offenderby Barbara K. Schwartz, Henry R. Cellini by Barbara K. Schwartz, Henry R. Cellini (1999)
"Table of Contents Acknowledgments iii Preface v About the Authors vii Introduction xi PART 1: Psychodynamics OF SEX OFFENDERS Chapter 1: Introduction to the ..."

7. Cocaine Use in America: Epidemmiologic and Clinical Perspectives edited by Nicholas J. Kozel, Edgar H. Adams (1996)
"... out of stock GPO Stock #017-024-00576-2 $5.50 NTIS PB #269 602/AS $18.95 12 Psychodynamics OF DRUG DEPENDENCE. Jack D. Blaine, MD, and Demetrios A. ..."

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