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[[Freud]] normally uses the word '''''[[Instinkt]]''''' to refer to a relatively ''[[nature|fixed]]'' set of [[instinct|behavioral patterns]].
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[[Freud]] normally uses the word '''''[[Instinkt]]''''' to refer to a relatively ''[[nature|fixed]]'' set of [[instinct|behavioral patterns]], which are [[biology|biologically]] defined and peculiar to "animal species, varying little from one member of this species."
  
 
''[[Instinct]]s'' are characteristic of [[nature|animals]], and are [[biology|biologically]] defined.
 
''[[Instinct]]s'' are characteristic of [[nature|animals]], and are [[biology|biologically]] defined.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 03:04, 8 September 2006

French: pulsion; German: Trieb


Translation

Instinkt and Trieb


Instinkt and Trieb

Freud normally uses the word Instinkt to refer to a relatively fixed set of behavioral patterns, which are biologically defined and peculiar to "animal species, varying little from one member of this species."

Instincts are characteristic of animals, and are biologically defined.

See Also

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