Glossary I

Innate ideas are ideas, like perfection and the axioms of geometry, that Descartes believed could not be derived from one's own experience. Such ideas, according to Descartes, were placed in the mind by God.

Deutsch: Angeborene Reinheit / Español: Pureza Innata / Português: Pureza Inata / Français: Pureté Innée / Italiano: Purezza Innata /

Innate purity refers to the idea that infants are born with an intuitive sense of right and wrong that is often misdirected by the demands and restrictions of society.

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Innate releasing mechanisms refer to inherited sets of behaviors elicited by specific sets of stimuli without the need of prior environmental experience.

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Innateness in Psychology: The Nature vs. Nurture Debate

In the field of psychology, innateness is a concept that explores the extent to which certain characteristics, behaviors, or traits are inherent, or "built in," rather than learned through environmental influences. This concept is at the heart of the nature vs. nurture debate, which has been a central focus of psychology for many years.

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Inner Conflict refers to the "wrestling match" that takes place between peoples Id, Ego, and Superego. When the conflict is resolved in a satisfying way, people feel good about themselves. When the conflict goes unresolved, or ends in an unsatisfactory way, people may find themselves carrying bad feelings with themselves for and extended period of time.

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Inner ear refers to the innermost division of the ear that contains the cochlea and the receptors for hearing.

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Inner experimentation refers to the sixth substage of Piaget’s Sensorimotor stage, the ability to solve simple problems on a mental, or symbolic, level without having to rely on trial-and-error experimentation.

Inner speech is the language spoken softly or even silently to the self which guides behavior. In Vygostky's theory, the internalization of social language; a transition between spoken language and thought. Likewise, Inner speech is Vygotsky's concept of the ultimate binding of language and thought; the covert language used to guide thought. Inner speech originates in vocalizations that may regulate the child's behavior and become internalized by age 6 or 7.