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analytic psychology

analytic psychology In this historical source, analytic psychology means a general psychological approach that studies the mind by breaking complex mental states into simpler elements or factors.

In this historical source, analytic psychology means a general psychological approach that studies the mind by breaking complex mental states into simpler elements or factors. It especially refers to analysis carried out through introspection and is contrasted with descriptive, genetic, and experimental psychology.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Analysis (psychological)” (Analysis (psychological)).
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