Glossary of terms used on this site
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aspect of personality that consists of our most primitive drives or urges, including impulses for hunger, thirst, and sex |
ideal self |
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person we would like to be |
identical twins |
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identical twins |
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twins that develop from the same sperm and egg |
illusory correlation |
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seeing relationships between two things when in reality no such relationship exists |
implicit memory |
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memories that are not part of our consciousness |
incongruence |
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state of being in which there is a great discrepancy between our real and ideal selves |
independent variable |
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variable that is influenced or controlled by the experimenter; in a sound experimental study, the independent variable is the only important difference between the experimental and control group |
individual psychology |
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school of psychology proposed by Adler that focuses on our drive to compensate for feelings of inferiority |
inductive reasoning |
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conclusions are drawn from observations |
inferiority complex |
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refers to a person’s feelings that they lack worth and don’t measure up to others’ or to society’s standards |
informed consent |
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process of informing a research participant about what to expect during an experiment, any risks involved, and the implications of the research, and then obtaining the person’s consent to participate |
insomnia |
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consistent difficulty in falling or staying asleep for at least three nights a week over a month’s time |
instinct |
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instinct |
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unlearned knowledge, involving complex patterns of behavior; instincts are thought to be more prevalent in lower animals than in humans |