In
psychological thermodynamics,
psychological entropy, a synonym or variant of
psychic entropy, is an extrapolation of
entropy in the context of
psychology or of the mechanical equivalence of
heat effects connected to mental activity and its related movement
transformations involved during human-human interactions. [1]
The term was used, in a sense of allegory, in the 1921 socio-political novel
We by Russian engineer
Yevgeny Zamyatin. [2]
References1. Thims, Libb. (2007).
Human Chemistry (Volume Two), (term:
psychological entropy, pg. 665) (
preview), (
Google books). Morrisville, NC: LuLu.
2. Zamyatin, Yevgeny. (1921).
We (
contents, pgs. v-ix;
introduction, pg. xi-xxviii; Record 38: Both Women ● Entropy and Energy ● Opaque Part of the Body, pgs. 154-162; term:
psychological entropy, pg. 169). Penguin.
Further reading● Tyson, Lois. (1994).
Psychological Politics of the American Dream (term:
psychological entropy, pg. 104). Ohio State University Press.
● Nicoll, Maurice. (1996).
Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky (term:
psychological entropy, pg. 667). Weiser.
● Iguchi, Nobuhiro and Nishihara, Tadashi. (1996). “
Analysis of Environmental Morphologies Using Psychological Entropy.”
Department of Mechanical Engineering.● Sexton, Timothy. (2008). “
The Concept of Psychological Entropy”,
Associated Content News, Sept. 02.