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Definition of Instincts
1. instinct [n] - See also: instinct
Lexicographical Neighbors of Instincts
Literary usage of Instincts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1889)
"instincts comparable with habits, but different in their origin— instincts
graduated—Aphides and ants—instincts variable- Domestic instincts, ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"instincts may be actions originally conscious, but now become mechanical, ...
After discussing human instincts and their relation to animal instincts, ..."
3. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1879)
""Tolman, EC, 'Can instincts be Given up in Psychology? ... This is no assumption
of the existence of instincts in any sense of the term as it is commonly ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly (1887)
"Brutes need instincts, it is supposed, because they have no reason. ... Instead of
having fewer, man has more instincts than any other mammal. ..."
5. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"Impossibility of distinguishing instincts from later-acquired forms of behavior.
... Habits from instincts and from independent conditions. ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"Similar instincts in unallied animals; 2. Dissimilar instincts in allied animals; 3.
instincts apparently detrimental to the species which exhibit them; 4. ..."
7. Psychology: A Study of Mental Life by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1921)
"That has to be shown in each case, not assumed at the outset. THE SO-CALLED
instincts OF SELF-PRESERVATION ANDS OF REPRODUCTION ..."
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