psychological technique

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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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technique
noun[C or U]
uk
/tekˈniːk/
us
/tekˈniːk/
a way of doing an activity that ...
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(Definition ofpsychologicalandtechniquefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We blind ourselves to what is improbable, and using thatpsychologicaltechnique, what is unjustifiable becomes permissible.
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Psychophysical experiments are an oldpsychologicaltechnique, which has been adopted by cognitive psychology.
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The use of psychological techniques to improve cognitive coordination in schizophrenia provides much opportunity for exploration.
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The dream of progress in human society was spelled out in the language of biomedical and psychological techniques.
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And when these programs favor manipulative psychological techniques over honest discussion, they also undermine the intellectual purposes of higher education and anger those subjected to them.
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The aim is to arrive at a position where teaching of psychological techniques would parallel teaching of insertion skills.
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Social skills training and cognitive remediation are psychological techniques with considerable face validity for the treatment of negative symptoms of schizophrenia and their consequences.
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Modern treatment may combine the use of drugs, electro-convulsive therapy and psychological techniques.
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They are trained in basic psychological techniques but are not necessarily professional psychologists.
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Various psychological techniques are employed in order to induce flexibility of belief.
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Attracting the disaffected weakens the enemy and strengthens the state; employing subterfuge and psychological techniques allows manipulation of the enemy and hastens its demise.
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A social sciences and psychology student, she uses several psychological techniques to get the children to describe themselves and how they feel about their roles in life.
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Brown explained various psychological techniques used by purported psychics and spiritual mediums to manipulate their audiences.
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The second phase involved active work upon the trauma, fostered by that secure base, and employing any of a range of psychological techniques.
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Psychotherapy is an interpersonal intervention, usually provided by a mental health professional such as a clinical psychologist, that employs any of a range of specific psychological techniques.
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With the help of his psychological techniques and strange inventions, he has created a new world underneath the earth.
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Owe uses anatomical, neurological and psychological techniques from mensendik and kungfu to teach actors how to access their inner source of expression.
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