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Intelligence Quotient (IQ) This is a mathematical formula that is supposed to be a measure of a person’s intelligence. When it was…

Intelligence There has often been debate about exactly what intelligence is. A few years ago, a book called the “Bell Curve” was…

Intellectualization Intellectualization is another one of the defense mechanisms in which a person adopts a distanced perspective or engages in abstract thinking…

Integrity According to Erikson’s theory of adulthood, when a person achieves integrity, then that person has established a complete sense or feeling…

Instrumental Conditioning Instrumental conditioning, also known as Operant Conditioning, is the process of reinforcing a behaviour by consistently giving positive or negative…

Instinctual Drift Although humans, animals, etc., can learn to perform different behaviours, there are times when they stop performing those behaviours in…

Instinct A behaviour that is genetically programmed into an entire species. Thus, the behaviour is not the result of learning, and can…

Insomnia Insomnia is a type of sleep disorder in which the person has trouble in one of the following areas of sleep:…

Insight Learning This is an extension of the term, insight which was identified by Wolfgang Kohler while studying the behavior of chimpanzees.…

Insight When the solution to a problem comes to you in an all-of-a-sudden manner, it can be considered insight. More specifically, insight…