2006-09-07 07:03:00 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
The human mind, especially, the individual human personality.
In late Greek and early Roman mythology, Psyche was the human that Eros, the god of love, himself fell in love with.
Tortured by her jealous sisters and by Aphrodite (the jealous goddess of physical and sexual beauty), Psyche wound up in the underworld of Hades, from which she was rescued and brought to Mount Olympus, where she was made an immortal by Zeus and rejoined Eros.
So "psyche" is the individual personification of the mythic Psyche, a woman who became immortal because of her strength of personality and her willingness to accept help from the Gods.
2006-09-07 07:19:25 · answer #1 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When used in psychological literature it generally refers to the mind.
2006-09-07 07:11:25 · answer #2 · answered by Tynes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thought process
emotional response
2006-09-07 07:51:46 · answer #3 · answered by wantedman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a collection of memories, perceptions, and what would make up your 'mind'
2006-09-07 08:14:43 · answer #4 · answered by blueberry-yum-yum! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
awareness or conception of self and self-consciousness
2006-09-07 07:08:51 · answer #5 · answered by cookiesmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋