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noun

psychology centering on the analysis of the structure or content of conscious mental states by introspective methods.

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Also called structuralism.

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Nor do these studies address the structural and systematic issues that contribute to obesity, such as poverty and stress.
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Common sense is not a just a normative judgment about wisdom, but a structural feature of any functioning organization.
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“The psychology of BDSM is lacking in other formal training regiments and interactions,” added Stella.
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Ambassador Shirley Temple Black attributed this to the “deeply risk-averse psychology of the Czech people.”
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It combines pickup techniques supposedly inspired by evolutionary psychology with self-help pseudoscience.
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This is the only book that I know which goes deeply into the corrupting, demoralizing psychology of prison life.
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Some structural features not previously used were found to have taxonomic significance.
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Massinger and Field accepted frankly the structural awkwardness of their plot as they had fashioned or found it.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
The structural fault is less surprising when it is ascertained to be fundamentalinevitable in the theme.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
Structural wrought iron has a tenacity of 20 to 22 tons per sq. in.
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British Dictionary definitions for structural psychology

structural psychology

noun

(formerly) a school of psychology using introspection to analyse experience into basic units

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