be brought to bear upon

English translation: influence

07:20 Feb 22, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Psychology / sentence
English term or phrase: be brought to bear upon
" I could go on ... But my main point is that each individual member of a group will have internalised early family experiences in ways that will be brought to bear upon the external group situation. These will determine the nature and level of their involvement in group life, what they demand and expect from others, at both a conscious and unconscious level, and the power for creativity or destructiveness called from within them by the group situation."

How to understand " be brought to bear upon the external situation" here?
macky
Local time: 17:04
Selected answer:influence
Explanation:
in ways which will influence the external group situation;
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Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:04
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4 +6be applied to
philgoddard
4 +3influence
Andrew Bramhall
4impose
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be applied to


Explanation:
Or affect.


    Reference: http://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/bring_to_bear
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis
22 mins

agree  Jack Doughty
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agree  Armorel Young
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agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
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agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
8 hrs

neutral  Agneta Pallinder: I would agree with affect, but be applied to feels to conscious for the impact of already internalised early experiences. Reply to your reply: Because to me "affect" and "be applied to" don't mean the same.
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agree  Charlesp
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influence


Explanation:
in ways which will influence the external group situation;

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you for help!

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agree  airmailrpl
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agree  Agneta Pallinder
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agree  Harry Crawford
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impose


Explanation:
What the have, their background, will be imposed on the others.

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 10:04
Native speaker of: English
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