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EXTRODETERMINACION [1 record]

Record 1 2025-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Personality Development
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

[A] personality type in which a person's sense of social identity is dependent upon the approval of others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Développement de la personnalité
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

L'extro-détermination : cette expression a été forgée [...] pour désigner la tendance de l'individu à être perméable aux influences des médias et aux modes de sa communauté (clan, bande, groupe ...), bien plus qu'aux traditions de sa famille ou à la culture de son pays.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento humano
  • Desarrollo de la personalidad
  • Psicología clínica
CONT

Entre otras características que el autor atribuía entonces a la multitud, señalaba la extrodeterminación, o la ausencia de un pensar y obrar autónomos, amén de una falta de sentido de la realidad, maniqueísmo y un carácter obsesivo y esquizoide.

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