Unconscious

Instinct is the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behaviour, containing innate (inborn) elements. The simplest example of an instinctive behaviour is a fixed action pattern (FAP), in which a very short to medium length sequence of actions, without variation, are carried out in response to a corresponding clearly defined stimulus. thumb|220px|A leatherback turtle [[hatchling makes its way to the open ocean.]] Any behaviour is instinctive if it is performed without being based upon prior experience (that is, in the absence of learning), and is therefore an ex

group of psychic characters and processes that are reflected in behaviour, even though not shown in the conciousness

psychological phenomenon regarding the structure of the unconscious mind between members of the same species

behavior in which animals take on the appearance of being dead

in modern spiritualism: writing produced involuntarily

In psychoanalysis, the preconscious is the locus preceding consciousness. Thoughts are preconscious when they are unconscious at a particular moment, but are not repressed. Therefore, preconscious thoughts are available for recall and easily 'capable of becoming conscious'—a phrase attributed by Sigmund Freud to Josef Breuer.

unreflected, mistaken attributions to and descriptions of social groups

mental structures and mechanisms of the psyche