Drive

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

Biology Death drive Demand

Desire Instinct Need

Pleasure principle Sexuality Subject