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1. Image schema An image schema is a recurring structure of, or within, our cognitive processes, which establishes patterns of understanding and reasoning. Image schemas emerge from our bodily interactions, More… 0.8 KB
2. Image streaming Image streaming is a mental exercise intended to stimulate visualization and to access subconscious solutions to problems. Image streaming was developed by Win Wenger, with the original More… 3.2 KB
3. Imagination Is (1) the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses, and (2) the action or process of forming such images or concepts. It More… 2.2 KB
4. Imago Is the last stage of development of an insect, after the last ecdysis of an incomplete metamorphosis, or after emergence from the pupa where the metamorphosis is complete. As this is the More… 0.6 KB
5. Imipramine (also called : Antideprin, Deprenil, Deprimin, Deprinol, Depsonil, Dynaprin, Eupramin, Imipramil, Irmin, Janimine, Melipramin, Surplix, Tofranil) is an antidepressant medication, a tricyclic More… 9.6 KB
6. Imitation is an advanced behavior whereby an individual observes and replicates another's. The word can be applied in many contexts, ranging from animal training to international politics. More… 5.1 KB
7. Immune response Immune response is the body's defence function that produces antibodies to foreign antigens. It is important in organ and tissue transplantation since the body is likely to reject new More… 0.4 KB
8. Immunocompetence is the ability of the body to produce a normal immune response (i.e., antibody production and/or cell-mediated immunity) following exposure to an antigen, which might be an actual virus More… 0.9 KB
9. Impact bias The impact bias, a form of which is the durability bias, in affective forecasting, is the tendency for people to overestimate the length or the intensity of future feeling states. In other More… 0.8 KB
10. Implementation intention The psychologist Peter Gollwitzer has developed the implementation hypothesis for better goal attainment. The idea is that planning in advance when, where and how one will complete a self More… 0.6 KB
11. Implicit behavior Implicit behavior : behavior that can not directly observed without the aid of instrumentation, such as glandular secretions or the movements of the larynx during speech. James Watson used More… 0.6 KB
12. Implicit memory Having a memory for previously learned activities (like riding a bike) or material (like poetry) that one apparently is not conscious of. Unlike Explicit Memory it is often largely intact in More… 0.3 KB
13. Implicit personality theory Generally the unquestioned assumptions an individual uses in thinking about the personality of another person; specifically; the characteristics that tend to be associated with each other in More… 0.7 KB
14. Implicit repetition Is unintentional repetition. For example, an explicit repetition is when we review the material before an exam. An implicit repetition is when we suddenly recall some fact on the way to More… 0.6 KB
15. Implosive therapy "in behavior therapy", Implosive therapy is a technique in which anxiety arousing stimuli are presented in imagination while the patient is encouraged to experience anxiety as More… 0.3 KB
16. Imprinting (in psychology and ethology) it used to describe any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently More… 6.0 KB

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