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Instinct
Instinct An inborn drive. The primary human instincts include self-preservation, sexuality, and according to some proponents the death instinct, of which aggression is one manifestation.
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Drive
Basic urge, instinct, motivation; a term used to avoid confusion with the more purely biological concept of instinct.
Sexuality
The personal experience and manifest expression of one's status as male or female, especially as it relates to the genital organs, pair-bondedness, and reproduction.
Death
1. The end of life. The cessation of life. (These common definitions of death ultimately depend upon the definition of life, upon which there is no consensus.) 2. The permanent cessation of all vital bodily functions. (This definition depends upon the definition of "vital bodily functions.") See: Vital bodily functions. 3. The common law standard for determining death is the cessation of all vital functions, traditionally demonstrated by "an absence of spontaneous respiratory and cardiac functions." 4. The uniform determination of death.
Instinct
An inborn drive. The primary human instincts include self-preservation, sexuality, and according to some proponents the death instinct, of which aggression is one manifestation.
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Institut Catala de O'Oncologia
Institut Catala de O'Oncologia is a hospital in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain).
Institut de cardiologie de Montreal
The Institut de cardiologie de Montreal is a hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Institut Dexeus
Institut Dexeus is a very prestigious hospital in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain).
Institut Jantung Negara S-B
The Institut Jantung Negara S-B is a hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Institute Of Pennsylvania Hospital
The Institute Of Pennsylvania Hospital is a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Institution (medical)
Any public or private entity or agency or medical or dental facility where clinical trials are conducted.
Institution Nationale des Invalides
The Institution Nationale des Invalides is a hospital in Paris, France.
Institutional review board (IRB)
An administrative body in an institution (such as a hospital or university) established to protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects recruited to participate in research activities conducted under the auspices of that institution. The IRB has the authority to approve, require modifications in, or disapprove research activities in its jurisdiction, as specified by both federal regulations and local institutional policy.
Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL)
Activities that are essential if a person is to live independently, eg. use of a telephone or public transportation, housework, cooking, financial management. See also activities of daily living (ADLs).
Instrumental conditioning
A process by which the results of the person's behavior determine whether the behavior is more or less likely to occur in the future.
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Incoherence
Speech or thinking that is essentially incomprehensible to others because words or phrases are joined together without a logical or meaningful connection. This disturbance occurs within clauses, in contrast to derailment, in which the disturbance is between clauses. This has sometimes been referred to as "word salad" to convey the degree of linguistic disorganization. Mildly ungrammatical constructions or idiomatic usages characteristic of particular regional or cultural backgrounds, lack of education, or low intelligence should not be considered incoherence. The term is generally not applied when there is evidence that the disturbance in speech is due to an aphasia.
Incorporation
A primitive defense mechanism, operating unconsciously, in which the psychic representation of a person, or parts of the person, is figuratively ingested.
Individuation
A process of differentiation, the end result of which is development of the individual personality that is separate and distinct from all others.
Indoleamine
One of a group of biogenic amines (e.g., serotonin) that contains a five-membered, nitrogen-containing indole ring and an amine group within its chemical structure. inhibition Behavioral evidence of an unconscious defense against forbidden instinctual drives; may interfere with or restrict specific activities.
Initial insomnia
Difficulty in falling asleep.
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Integration
The useful organization and incorporation of both new and old data, experience, and emotional capacities into the personality. Also refers to the organization and amalgamation of functions at various levels of psychosexual development.
Intellectualization
A mental mechanism in which the person engages in excessive abstract thinking to avoid confrontation with conflicts or disturbing feelings.
Intersex condition
A condition in which an individual shows intermingling, in various degrees, of the characteristics of each sex, including physical form, reproductive organs, and sexual behavior.
Introspection
Self-observation; examination of one's feelings, often as a result of psychotherapy.
Introversion
Preoccupation with oneself and accompanying reduction of interest in the outside world. Contrast to extraversion.
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