A B C D E F-G H I-J-K L-M-N O P-Q R S T U-Z

Identification: A process in personality development in which a person becomes like an admired person by incorporating their goals and values into his or her own behavior.

Ideomotor Response: Involuntary movement of the body by the subconscious as a result of a suggestion or question. A muscular or motor response to an idea held in the mind.

Ideosensory Action: The involuntary capacity of the brain to evoke sensory images; these may be kinesthetic, auditory, visual, olfactory, gustatory or tactile.

Illusion: A common misperception of some sensory stimulus. All sensory modalities are subject to illusions.

Imagery: The ability to perceive or mentally recreate ideas, picture or feelings. Includes responses in all sensory classifications. Imagery is not all visual. It is possible to imagine, in varying degrees, other kinds of sensory impressions (sounds, odor, taste, touch, etc.).

Imagination: The ability of the mind to construct and reorganize sensory data from an experience of our outer or inner world- either real or imagined.

Immediate Memory: A phase of memory that is extremely short-lived, with information stored only for a few seconds. It also is known as short-term and working memory.

Imprinting: A rapid and relatively permanent type of learning that occurs within a limited period of time, usually early in life.

Indirect Hypnosis: The production of hypnosis without the subject's awareness.

Induction: The act of inducing, causing, or producing the state of hypnosis.

Inner Child: An archetypal image representing our emotional/feeling center or body.

Inhibition: In reference to neurons, it is a synaptic message that prevents the recipient cell from firing.

Insight: A sudden reorganization of the elements of a problem causing the solution to become self-evident. Also, one's understanding of one's own behavior or motives.

Interactive Hypnosis: Hypnotherapy where the therapist and client interact verbally, the client takes a more active role in the healing process.

Introspection: A psychological technique used to examine one's own conscious experience; self-observation of one's thoughts, feelings, and emotions.

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Kinesis: Body Movement

Kinesthetic: Muscles, tendons and organs stimulated by body movement. Also refers to learning input through emotions as well.

Kinesthesis: Muscle, tendon and joint sensitivities.