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dynamic model

dynamic model

in psychoanalytic theory, the view that the psyche can be explained in terms of underlying, unconscious drives and instincts that mold the personality, motivate behavior, and produce emotional disorder. Compare economic model; topographic model. See also metapsychology.

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