Imprinting, Psychological

A particular kind of learning characterized by occurrence in very early life, rapidity of acquisition, and relative insusceptibility to forgetting or extinction. Imprinted behavior includes most (or all) behavior commonly called instinctive, but imprinting is used purely descriptively.

Year introduced: 2020 (1965)

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Tree Number(s): F02.463.425.448

MeSH Unique ID: D007173

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• Imprintings, Psychological
• Psychological Imprinting
• Psychological Imprintings
• Imprinting (Psychology)
• Imprintings (Psychology)
• Imprinting, Psychology
• Imprintings, Psychology
• Psychology Imprinting
• Psychology Imprintings

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Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Psychological Phenomena
Mental Processes
Learning
Imprinting, Psychological