psychogenesis
nounThe origin and development of psychological processes, personality, or behavior.
Development of a medical disorder or illness resulting from psychological rather than physiological factors.
The origination and development of the soul, or psychic organism.
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.
Genesis through an internal force, as opposed to natural selection.
