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Iconoclast refers to one who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions and also a person who destroys sacred religious images.

The Id is in psychoanalytic theory, the structure of personality that contains the sexual and aggressive instincts.

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Deutsch: Idee / Español: Idea / Português: Ideia / Français: Idée / Italiano: Idea /

Idea is defined as a mental event that lingers after impressions or sensations have ceased.

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Ideal self refers to an idealized image of oneself. It is the person who one would like to be. It also refers to a conception of the self describing our perception of how we would ideally like to be

In the psychology context, idealism refers to a cognitive and philosophical stance emphasizing the importance of mental representations, ideas, and perceptions in shaping one's understanding of the world. It involves the belief that reality is mentally constructed or heavily influenced by our perceptions and cognitive structures, rather than existing independently of the mind.

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Idealists refer to those who believe that ultimate reality consists of ideas or perceptions and is therefore not physical.

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Idealization refers to a second basic need for the developing child in Self psychology is a view of parents as powerful and flawless. The Idealization provides an internalized object representing that part of the self striving for perfection and acting in good conscience.

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Identical elements theory of transfer refers to Thorndike's contention that the extent to which learning transfers from one situation to another is determined by the similarity between the two (2) situations.