单词 | psychohydraulics |
释义 | psychohydraulicsn. Zoology and Psychology (now chiefly historical). With singular or plural agreement. A psychohydraulic model of behaviour. ΚΠ 1952 Public Opinion Q. 16 359 Sigmund Freud's image of the libido of an individual, which when repressed in some manner will seek with increased force an outlet in some other aspect of his personality, has been accused by K. S. Lashley of representing a system of ‘psychohydraulics’. 1963 Social Probl. 10 325/2 We make no assumption here about the psychohydraulics of aggression. 1996 New Scientist 10 Feb. 41/2 Lorenz modelled this drive theory of instinctive patterns using images of a water tank with a spring-loaded exit valve. ‘Psychohydraulics’, as it became affectionately known, began to appear in the postwar textbooks. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1952 |
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