psychological disposition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpsychologicalanddisposition
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psychological
adjective
uk/ˌsaɪ.kəlˈɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to the human mind ...
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disposition
noun
uk/ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the particular type of character that a person ...
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(Definition ofpsychologicalanddispositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Obviously this makes sense - at least theoretically - if party identification is seen as apsychologicaldispositiontowards supporting a certain party.
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We argue that the relative salience of these two kinds of criteria depends on the voter's generalpsychologicaldispositiontoward risk-taking.
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Previous research indicated that psychological resources constituted a major health variable, and this study has confirmed thatpsychologicaldispositionpredicts self-reported health in this population.
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We then expound the theoretical proposition that possessing a robustpsychologicaldispositionis an important factor in healthy ageing.
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It is recognised, however, that insufficient data were available to explain the relationship betweenpsychologicaldispositionand self-reported health.
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The analysis is grounded in the notion thatpsychologicaldispositionis a major indicator of an individual's health experience.
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Rather, it refers to apsychologicaldispositionwhich depends partly on aspects of the environment.
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Data limitations prevented an empirical investigation of the processes that underlie the relationship betweenpsychologicaldispositionand self-reported health.
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After introducing controls for health status and socio-demographic variables, the multivariate, longitudinal results demonstrate that a robustpsychologicaldispositionwas indeed associated with good short-term, self-reported health.
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This study contributes to the literature by providing further evidence that among older people, the non-medical resource ofpsychologicaldispositionis an important factor in self-reported health.
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Since psychological dispositions might (in some views) turn out to be physical properties, the official distinction between physicalism and dispositionalism is not exclusive.
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He, therefore, must transform the psychological dispositions of working-class mourners.
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Because they are not psychological dispositions, however, the view that identifies colors with reflectances is not, in our terminology, a version of dispositionalism. 14.
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Both messages must recognise their separate psychological dispositions, but both must be based on fact.
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He also argued that the material had scientific value as the films offer insight into violent psychological dispositions or an unhealthy interest in violence.
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