Question

instincts are classified in fourteen types by

Answer 1

Instincts are classified in fourteen types by Mc Dougall.

He divided instincts into two types -

i. Innate tendencies or specific tendencies - Under this he mentioned fourteen instincts. All of them, except one applies to animals also.

ii. General tendencies - He has enumerated four of them.

Answer 2

Answer :

Instincts have been classified into fourteen types by William McDougall.

According to McDougall, the fourteen types of instincts are :

1. Flight

2. Repulsion

3. Curiosity

4. Pugnacity

5. Self-Assertion

6. Self-Abasement

7. Parental love

8. Gregariousness

9. Acquisitiveness

10. Constructiveness

11. Food Seeking

12. Reproduction

13. Appeal

14. Laughter