Definition
An equilibrium schema is a balance schema that involves physical or metaphorical external and internal pressure on container-like objects.
Examples
(English)
- Pressure in the stomach
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Some aspects of psychological balance, such as when emotions are said to be capable of “exploding” and thus in need of being:
- “repressed”
- “suppressed”
- “held in”
Sources 1
- Johnson 1987, 86, 88–89