psychogenesis

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The origin and development of psychological processes, personality, or behavior.

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Development of a medical disorder or illness resulting from psychological rather than physiological factors.

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The origination and development of the soul, or psychic organism.

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Generation or reproduction by means of or due to the activity of the inmost life or vitality of an organism; biogenesis referred to the operation of higher than vital forces.

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Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to natural selection.

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The origin and development of psychological processes such as personality and behaviour

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The development of a physical disorder from a psychological factor

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the development in the life of an individual of some disorder that is caused by psychological rather than physiological factors

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a general term for the origin and development of almost any aspect of the mind