Category: I

Ivan Pavlov Ivan Pavlov (1849 – 1936) is best known for his work describing the psychological phenomenon of Classical Conditioning. From his…

Iris This is the part of the eye that gives you those beautiful blue (or whatever colour) eyes that you have. Specifically,…

Intuitive Thought In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, the second stage is called Preoperational thought and it has two substages: Symbolic Function…

Intuition Intuition is a person’s capacity to obtain or have direct knowledge and/or immediate insight, without observation or reason. It’s the “gut…

Introvert (Introversion) The term Introvert refers to a person who is focused on (often preoccupied) with his or her private mental experiences,…

Introspection The process of ?looking inward? and examining one’s self and one’s own actions in order to gain insight. This was a…

Intrinsic Motivation Why do you work or come to class or study for a test? Do you do it because you want…

Intimacy This term comes from Erikson’s theory of development, and refers to a person’s ability form close, loving relationships, which he stated…

Interneuron Information (neural impulses/action potentials) travel throughout your nervous system along a network of 3 types of neurons; sensory neurons, motor neurons,…

Internal Validity Internal validity occurs when a researcher controls all extraneous variables and the only variable influencing the results of a study…