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(psychology, ethology) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.

Freud's psychoanalytical model of the soul, referring to his rider metaphor: the head symbolizes the ego; the animal body the id. Similarly dual, the libido-energy branches out from the id into two main areas: the mental urge to know (up), and the bodily urge to act (down). Both unite in the ego in order to fulfil the needs of the id. This includes judgement of inner/outer reality, leading to experiences by muscle control, which imprint the super-ego. The imprints contain socialisation, taking place in childhood. If they support the instinctual needs of the id, the organism remains mentally healthy – the 'rider' carries out his 'animal's' will "as if it were his own".

(psychology, ethology) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.

Imprinted Canada geese (Branta canadensis) and common crane (Grus grus) flying with an ultralight aircraft

(psychology, ethology) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.

The three instances of the structural model, combinated with findings of modern neurology. The drawing refers to Freud's Project for a Scientific Psychology. Written in 1895, he develops there the thesis that the brain is able to imprintdes by experiences in its neuronal network through "a permanent change after an event": one of the superego's functions.