Glossary I

Glossary I

Imaginal flooding refers to a behavioral technique in which the client is immersed through imagination in the feared situation.

Imaginal scanning refers to a task in which a participant is asked to form a mental image and to scan over it from one point to another.

Imaginary audience refers to the belief that others around us are as concerned with our thoughts and behaviors as we are one aspect of adolescent egocentrism.

Imagination is a term which according to Hume is the power of the mind to arrange and rearrange ideas into countless configurations. According to Aristotle, Imagination is the pondering of the images retained from past experiences.

IMB model of AIDS-preventive behavior refers to a theory postulating that information, motivation, and behavioral skills guide individuals’ protective actions in the sexual domain

Imbroglio is defined as a difficult or intricate situation; an entanglement. Moreover, Imbroglio is defined as a confused or complicated disagreement; a confused heap; a tangle.

Imitation is defined as an attempt to match one's own behavior to another person's behavior.Imitation is the repetition of another person's words, gestures, or behaviors.

Imitative learning refers to the first stage of cultural learning in the theory of cultural learning of Tomasello et al. which occurs when the learner internalizes something of the model 's behavioral strategies and intentions for executing the behavior; contrast with instructed learning, collaborative learning (see Cultural learning)