Category: I

  • Intuition

    Direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any rational, logical process. The immediate understanding of a situation by someone without the customary mental process of reasoning.  

  • Intrusion error

    In verbal learning, an error of commission in which a correct item as a response elsewhere in the list occurs as a mistake.  

  • Introvert

    A person who shows a strong tendency to find satisfaction in an inner fife of thought and fantasy. A person who thinks only about himself or herself and his or her own mental state. A personality type that is primarily concerned with and focused on internal events. Introverts tend to be withdrawn, shy, ill at…

  • Introversion/extraversion typology

    The theory that persons may be divided into two types of personality (a) introverts and (b) extraverts.      

  • Introspective method

    Systematically begun in early twentieth century psychology, a process whereby trained subjects record their conscious experiences, thus giving a broader understanding of psychological processes.    

  • Intropunitive aggression

    Aggression directed against oneself, extrapunitive aggression.  

  • Intropunitive

    Responding to frustration by tending to blame oneself.  

  • Introitus

    The opening of the vagina. An opening into any hollow organ or canal. Entrance or opening to a hollow organ or hollow tube (e.g., the introitus of the vagina). An opening or entrance into a space or cavity. A broad expression denoting the opening into a bodily cavity or area. This term is frequently utilized…

  • Introduction

    In politics, the formal presentation or submission of a bill for consideration by the legislative body. The act of putting something inside something. The act of starting a new process.  

  • Introducer

    In politics, one who presents a bill or resolution for consideration. Cointroducers are those who signed onto the bill or resolution before its enactment.