Category: I

Illusory Correlation Sometimes people believe there is some relationship between events, variables, etc., even though none really exists. This is known as …

I-Knew-It-All-Along Phenomenon (Hindsight Bias) Can you predict who is going to win the NCAA basketball tournament or the next presidential election? After …

Idiot Savant An idiot savant is a person with some type of mental decrement (usually classified as having some level of retardation) …

Identity The easiest way I know to explain and understand identity is this way: a person’s identity is his or her own …

Identification According to Freud, as children develop, there comes a time in which the child must adopt the characteristics of one of …

Identical Twins Unlike fraternal twins that develop from separate eggs and sperm, identical twins develop from a single fertilized egg that splits …

Ideal Self According the Humanistic Psychologist Carl Rogers, the personality is composed of the Real Self and the Ideal Self. Your Real …

Id According to Freud, humans have three main components to their personality that cause us to behave the way we do and …

Iconic Memory Humans remember sounds and words in slightly different ways. Memory for visual stimuli is referred to as iconic memory, which …