Küchenpsychologie

English translation: kitchen sink psychology

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German term or phrase:Küchenpsychologie
English translation:kitchen sink psychology
Entered by: Jeannie Graham

12:45 Mar 4, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Psychology
German term or phrase: Küchenpsychologie
I currently hold a Vordiplom in Psychology but I have to admit I have never once come across the following term (maybe nice non-psychologists have just been trying to spare me pain?)

Vor allem Reporter und Zuschauer werden deshalb nicht müde, in dem Blickaustausch [boxers glaring at each other before a match] wie in einem Kaffeesatz zu lesen. .... Betreuer und Athleten sind oft vorsichtiger in der Anwendung von »Küchenpsychologie«.

Is this pop psychology???
Rebecca Holmes
United States
Local time: 19:40
kitchen sink psychology
Explanation:
or pop psychology
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Jeannie Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:40
Grading comment
Thank you all for your great suggestions! I also liked "homespun" psychology a lot. Thanks for the great ideas and enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Rebecca
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Summary of answers provided
4 +9kitchen sink psychology
Jeannie Graham
5pop phychology
Saskia
5homespun psychology
Robert Schlarb
4book title
Ellen Zittinger
1 +2kitchen sink psychology
Sheila Hardie


  

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kitchen sink psychology


Explanation:
or pop psychology

Jeannie Graham
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you all for your great suggestions! I also liked "homespun" psychology a lot. Thanks for the great ideas and enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Rebecca

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Norbert Hermann: now 'kitchen sink' from 'drama movies' - 'kitchen sink drama'
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agree  Sara Noss: Yesssss
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agree  Mary Worby
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agree  Steffen Walter
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agree  Andrea Nemeth-Newhauser
1 hr

agree  Nancy Arrowsmith
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agree  Sándor Sárecz
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agree  J Fox
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agree  Ino66 (X)
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
pop phychology


Explanation:
seems appropriate here or literally kitchen psychology


    psychology class
Saskia
Local time: 18:40
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
kitchen sink psychology


Explanation:
Could they mean this???

HTH

Sheila          

 

Kitchen Sink Psychology by Dorothy Cotton

NOT RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION



Guilt is a hormonal change induced at childbirth. I concluded that about 17 years ago when my first child was born. If you go back to work, you feel guilty about not staying home. If you stay home, you feel guilty about depriving your children and family of funds for all those essential lessons and electronic stuff. You can even feel guilty for bringing kids into this evil world or adding to overpopulation. Actually, you don't even have to have childbirth to have guilt (although it really helps). You can feel guilty about choosing not to have kids, you can feel guilty about not being able to have kids, you can feel guilty about not providing the requisite grandchildren. As your kids age, you can feel guilty about making them clean out the kitchen sink (mean mother) or guilty about not making them clean out the kitchen sink (lack of discipline).


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or popular psychology, as you say



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Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 00:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mary Worby: Didn't know Dot Cotton was branching out! ;-)
3 mins
  -> thanks, Mary - yes, who would have thought:-))

agree  Sara Noss: Well, after all that trouble with 'my Nick', she needed an outlet! :-)
6 mins
  -> you bet!!!:-))
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homespun psychology


Explanation:
I have a bachelor's in psych but have never read the term either.
The allusion seems to me to be to "Küchendeutsch" i.e. down-home, cooloquial language usage devoid of literary intricacies.
Pop psychology is good but in my opinion overused and thus lacking in imagery.

"...when DK probes repeatedly into the fears and motivations of the three main characters you might get the feeling to be attending a lecture of homespun psychology."


    Reference: http://web.tiscali.it/no-redirect-tiscali/luigiurato/dkrevie...
Robert Schlarb
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book title


Explanation:
I am currently reading a book titled
"the Kitchen Shrink"

along the lines of casual in home psychological health and healing

Ellen Zittinger
Local time: 16:40
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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