Category: I

Illusory Correlation Sometimes people believe there is some relationship between events, variables, etc., even though none really exists. This is known as…

I-Knew-It-All-Along Phenomenon (Hindsight Bias) Can you predict who is going to win the NCAA basketball tournament or the next presidential election? After…

Idiot Savant An idiot savant is a person with some type of mental decrement (usually classified as having some level of retardation)…

Identity The easiest way I know to explain and understand identity is this way: a person’s identity is his or her own…

Identification According to Freud, as children develop, there comes a time in which the child must adopt the characteristics of one of…

Identical Twins Unlike fraternal twins that develop from separate eggs and sperm, identical twins develop from a single fertilized egg that splits…

Ideal Self According the Humanistic Psychologist Carl Rogers, the personality is composed of the Real Self and the Ideal Self. Your Real…

Id According to Freud, humans have three main components to their personality that cause us to behave the way we do and…

Iconic Memory Humans remember sounds and words in slightly different ways. Memory for visual stimuli is referred to as iconic memory, which…