Abusing drugs can lead to impulsivity and aggression.
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Impulsivity
Synonyms for "impulsivity" (2 found)
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Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
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4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 20 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- impulsivitat noun (impulsivity)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 衝動 /冲动 noun (impulsivity)
Danish
1 entries- impulsivitet noun (impulsivity)
Dutch
1 entries- impulsiviteit noun (impulsivity)
Esperanto
1 entries- impulseco noun (impulsivity)
Finnish
1 entries- impulsiivisuus noun (impulsivity)
French
1 entries- impulsivité noun (impulsivity)
Galician
1 entries- impulsividade noun (impulsivity)
German
2 entries- Impulsivität noun (impulsivity)
- impulsives Wesen noun (impulsivity)
Ido
1 entries- impulseso noun (impulsivity)
Indonesian
1 entries- impulsivitas noun (impulsivity)
Irish
1 entries- ríogacht noun (impulsivity)
Italian
1 entries- impulsività noun (impulsivity)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- impulsivitet noun (impulsivity)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- impulsivitet noun (impulsivity)
Polish
2 entries- impulsywność noun (impulsivity)
- porywczość noun (impulsivity)
Portuguese
1 entries- impulsividade noun (impulsivity)
Romanian
1 entries- impulsivitate noun (impulsivity)
Spanish
1 entries- impulsividad noun (impulsivity)
Swedish
1 entries- impulsivitet noun (impulsivity)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Yanni had a history of impulsivity.
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Sociopaths are driven by impulsivity.
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In reliable environments, waiting to eat a second marshmallow is likely to be beneficial. However, in environments in which rewards are uncertain, such as when experimenters are unreliable, eating the single marshmallow right away may be beneficial. Thus, impulsivity can be understood as an adaptive response to the contingencies present in an unstable environment rather than a moral failure in which animalistic drives overwhelm human rationality.
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