Sentence examples for psychological man from inspiring English sources

If, as the American sociologist Philip Rieff once contended, "psychological man" replaced such earlier notions as political, religious, or economic man as the 20th century's dominant self-image, it is in no small measure due to the power of Freud's vision and the seeming inexhaustibility of the intellectual legacy he left behind.

The second meaning emphasizes those qualities that make all people alike and that distinguish psychological man from other species; it directs the personality theorist to search for those regularities among all people that define the nature of man as well as the factors that influence the course of lives.

However, early cannon were not very effective, the main benefits being psychological, frightening men and horses.

While entirely unfounded, the notion "that we Africans eat people", as one RAR soldier put it, had a fearsome psychological effect; men of 1RAR reported Japanese soldiers picking up their comrades' bodies in the midst of battle and running away.

This pattern of threshold may be interpreted as follows: overall, given a similar level of latent psychological distress, men are less likely than women to feel so sad that nothing could cheer them up.

Perceived conflict with the partner was linked to a negative perception of mental health and a higher psychological distress among both men and women.

He had Frederick undergo psychological tests (good man vulnerable to isolation, strong desire for approval).

And so, in a sense, powered flight is a psychological breakthrough, because man flies.

In our study women had significantly higher psychological distress than man.

Generally, women suffer more than men in qualitative aspects of ill-health, such as self-reported physical and psychological suffering, while men suffer more than women in quantitative aspects of ill-health, such as lifestyles leading to earlier deaths.

Was this further evidence of Brady's psychological superiority over Manning, of his innate ability to win big games?