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psycho-ˈsocial, a. Also without hyphen. [f. psycho- + social a.] Pertaining to the influence of social factors on an individual's mind or behaviour, and to the interrelation of behavioural and social factors; also, more widely, pertaining to the interrelation of mind and society in human development.
1899F. W. Moore tr. Gumplowicz's Outl. Sociol. ii. 83 There are also psycho-social phenomena, such as language, customs, rights, religion etc., arising from the action of social elements with or upon the individual mind. 1903Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. VIII. 762 In another quarter it is held that sociology is concerned only with the action of human groups on one another—social phenomena—and the influence of the group on its individual members—psycho-social phenomena. 1927Ogburn & Goldenweiser Social Sci. xxiv. 303 Economics should also profit from such studies as the social psychologists, in the light of their knowledge of psycho-social mechanisms, see fit to make of specific institutional influences and controls. 1953J. S. Huxley Evolution in Action i. 12 We may call these three phases [of evolution] the inorganic or, if you like, cosmological; the organic or biological; and the human or psycho-social. Ibid. vi. 134 Psycho-social evolution..operates by cultural transmission. 1954[see identity 10 c]. 1958Listener 3 July 12/1 The possibility of conscious purpose arose and for the first time became a factor in man's subsequent evolution, which may be defined by Sir Julian Huxley's term as psycho⁓social. 1970Nature 31 Oct. 422/1 The original aim of this investigation was to compare the psychosocial characteristics of a group of heroin pushers with those of a group of heroin users who did not sell drugs. 1971I. G. Gass et al. Understanding Earth ix. 125/1 The nöosphere..produces idea-systems by processes of psycho-social evolution. 1977P. B. & J. S. Medawar Life Science vi. 53 It is because of the primacy of language as the agency which provides the link between one generation and the next that exosomatic evolution is often referred to as ‘cultural’ or ‘psychosocial’ evolution. Hence psycho-ˈsocially adv.
1946[see psychosomatically adv.]. 1972Sci. Amer. July 81/3 Is it in fact possible to attribute the retarded growth of psychosocially deprived children to sleep patterns that inhibit the secretion of growth hormone? |