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 In psychoanalytic theory the portion of personality which is concerned with immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.

Idiographic approach

A approach of personality that makes detailed analysis of one individual and of the dimensions relevant to that individual’s personality.

Imageless thought

Mental processes that denote that images are not formed in introspective analysis.

Instinct

 A innate but complex and stereotyped made of behaviour.  

Interactionism

 A metaphysical proposition in which mind and body are supported to be two different and independent entities making interaction with each other.    

Intervening variable

 A variable which abstracts the relationship between stimulus and response, with no meaning beyond this relationship.

Introspection

 A method of study which relies upon the subjective report of the subject.     

IQ

 A numerical value obtained by dividing mental age by chronological age and multiplying the same by 100.  

Isomorphism

 A concept in Gestalt’s theory which assumes relationship between brain fields and experience.