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The '''''[[instinct]]''''' implies a [[biology|biological]] [[need]] which gives rise to an intermittent ''excitation'' or tension within the [[biology|body]] that can be ''discharged'' and thus [[desire|satisfied]]
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The '''''[[instinct]]''''' is characterized by a [[biology|biological]] [[need]] giving rise to an intermittent ''excitation'' or tension within the [[biology|body]] that can be ''discharged'' and thus [[desire|satisfied]]
  
 
The [[drive]], on the other hand, cannot be [[desire|satisfied]] and is characterized by the constancy of the pressure it exerts on [[consciousness]].
 
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The [[drive]], on the other hand, is characterized by the ''constancy'' of the pressure it exerts on [[consciousness]], a ''constant force'' that can never be [[desire|satisfied]].
 
The [[drive]], on the other hand, is characterized by the ''constancy'' of the pressure it exerts on [[consciousness]], a ''constant force'' that can never be [[desire|satisfied]].
 
 
  
 
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Revision as of 03:29, 8 September 2006

French: pulsion; German: Trieb


Translation

Instinkt and Trieb


Instinkt and Trieb

The term Instinkt ("instinct") implies a relatively fixed and innate relationship to an object.

Freud normally uses the word Instinkt ("instinct") to refer to a relatively fixed and unchangeable set of behavioral patterns "peculiar to an animal species, varying little from one member of this species to another and unfolding in accordance with a temporal scheme which is generally resistant to change and apparently geared to a purpose."[1]


Trieb ("drive") differs from Instinkt in that the drive is extremely variable, and develops in ways which are contingent on the life history of the subject.


Unlike an instinct, a drive


Need and Satisfaction

The instinct is characterized by a biological need giving rise to an intermittent excitation or tension within the body that can be discharged and thus satisfied

The drive, on the other hand, cannot be satisfied and is characterized by the constancy of the pressure it exerts on consciousness.

The drive, on the other hand, is characterized by the constancy of the pressure it exerts on consciousness, and so cannot be satisfied.

The drive, on the other hand, is characterized by the constancy of the pressure it exerts on consciousness, a constant force that can never be satisfied.

Desire and Drive

See Also

References

  1. Laplanche, Jean and Pontalis, Jean-Bertrand. The Language of Psychoanalysis. Karnac Books, 1996