psychohydraulic
/ˌsʌɪkə(ʊ)hʌɪˈdrɒlɪk/Zoology and Psychology
adjective
Relating to or designating a mechanistic model of behaviour in which instinctive drives or other forms of internal motivation are held to act in the manner of a fluid working under pressure.
- Originally with reference to the theory of animal behaviour proposed by Konrad Lorenz, who used the terms hydromechanical and hydrostatical with reference to models of behaviour..
Origin
1960s. From psycho- + hydraulic, after psychohydraulics.
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