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Inhibition (Psychology)
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Definition
: The interference with or prevention of a behavioral or verbal response even though the stimulus for that response is present; in psychoanalysis the unconscious restraining of an instinctual process.
human & animal; no qualif; DF: INHIBITION
Examples
Proactive Inhibition
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Reactive Inhibition
Other names
Inhibitions (Psychology); Inhibitions; Inhibition