Drive

French: pulsion; German: Trieb

Translation

Instinkt and Trieb

Instinkt and Trieb

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."

See Also

Biology Death drive Demand

Desire Instinct Need

Pleasure principle Sexuality Subject