impulsivity
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- noun
- /ɪmˈpʌlsɪvɪti/
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impulsividad
- Children with ADHD are likely to show signs of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
- impulsivity and hyperactivity
- impulsivity and inattention
- impulsivity and novelty seeking
People with ADHD have poor attention and they have high levels of impulsivity.
- People with ADHD have poor attention and they have high levels of impulsivity.
- So dopamine creates impulsivity, creates craving, creates pleasure, suppresses our ability to gauge risk.
- So we live in a world then that is doing everything it possibly can to foster our impulsivity and keep us away from thoughtful decision making.
- So we know that meditation, for example, helps people with impulsivity and improving focus.
- So you you don't want the other two, the impulsivity and the emotional coldness, you don't want those two.
Examples
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Eric continues to take medication to control his impulsivity and attends regular counseling sessions with a psychologist.
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There was also a tendency for greater impulsivity to be associated with more frequent sexual risk (p < .10).
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Unfortunately, data on impulsivity were not available in the present study.
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So we know that meditation, for example, helps people with impulsivity and improving focus.
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Another finding was that respondents who scored high on impulsivity tended to be more aggressive than those who scored low on impulsivity.
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Stage 1 of the recovery process often includes displays of agitation, impulsivity, and confusion.
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For example, a hallmark symptom of attention deficit disorder is "impulsivity." This is thought to be pathological in the diagnostic manual.
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The essential features of ADHD are persistent, frequent, and severe inattention; hyperactivity; and impulsivity (APA, 1994).
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So we know that meditation, for example, helps people with impulsivity and improving focus.
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Decreased dopamine leads to greater impulsivity and a greater risk for drug and alcohol abuse.
Synonyms
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5.2
Acting without caring about danger or what might happen
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5.9
A habit of acting quickly without thinking about the results
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5.6
Acting or speaking quickly without thinking about the bad results
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8.7
A tendency to act quickly without thinking, often causing problems
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8.9
A tendency to act quickly without thinking that causes rash decisions
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5.8
Acting or deciding too quickly without enough thought
Antonyms
How Impulsive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Impulsivity comes from the word impulse, which goes back to an old Latin root meaning 'to push'. Think of an impulse as a sudden 'push' to do something and -ity as the 'state of', so impulsivity is the tendency to act quickly without careful thought.