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Psychodynamic

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to psychodynamics, the dynamic interplay between forces that govern human behavior, or the study of this not-comparable

    "In the classic marshmallow studies, delaying gratification by waiting to eat the marshmallows is seen as a good result—indicating more willpower. This framing is expected given that the starting point of this research was the Freudian psychodynamic position, which contrasted hot animalistic drives with cool rational processes."

Etymology

From psycho- + dynamic.

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