Amour de soi represents the instinctive human desire for self-preservation, combined with the human power of reason.

Some concern has already been raised that a simple yes / no question will bias the poll in favour of a positive vote, as people may have an instinctive desire to respond positively, all other things being equal.

To stimulate this instinctive desire, a litter box's bottom is filled typically with an inch ( 2. 5 cm ) or more of cat litter.

The litter material also satisfies a cat's instinctive desire to use an easily-dug material.

Because of their instinctive desire to follow scents, they are eager to follow their noses and may ignore their owners ' commands-they should not be allowed off leash in an uncontrolled area.

They must think about everything they do and cannot perform instinctive tasks without focusing on what they are doing.

The phrase " gut feeling " may also be used as a short-hand term for an individual's " common sense " perception of what is considered " the right thing to do "; such as: helping an injured passerby, avoiding dark alleys and generally acting in accordance with instinctive feelings about a given situation.

Attractive flies trigger instinctive strikes by employing a range of characteristics that do not necessarily mimic prey items.

Most people demonstrating the instinctive drowning response do not show prior evidence of distress.

She notes that even her homeliest kitchen manuals do not list it under Feeding The Sick or Invalid Receipts, arguing that milk toast was " an instinctive palliative, something like boiled water ".

Cornelius, as an oil painter, possessed but little technical skill, nor do his works exhibit any instinctive appreciation of colour.

This appears to be an instinctive behavior, as laboratory-reared Portias of this species do this the first time they encounter a spitting spider.

However, this presupposes some instinctive moral core of the individual that must recognize right and wrong, else we do not have two individuals asserting " right " and requiring ethical help: if either in fact secretly believes themselves " wrong " then they are engaging in tactics to reduce the chance of getting caught or alerting others to it, neither of which is studied by ethics.

Pepperberg and her colleagues have sought to show that Alex can differentiate meaning and syntax, so that his use of vocal communication is unlike the relatively inflexible forms of " instinctive " communication that are widespread in the animal kingdom.

When the series starts, Gabriel is a down on his luck author whose instinctive drive to solve a killing spree ultimately leads him to discover his family's ancient heritage as a line of the Schattenjäger ( Shadow Hunters ).

" It has also been implied, especially in the ' alternate future ' story Kingdom Come, that the Clark Kent persona is symbolic of the values taught to him by his wholesome Midwestern parents, the values he holds most dear: his instinctive knowledge of right and wrong that allows him to adopt his Superman persona, without being consumed by the moral implications of his actions ; Superman is the means through which he can bring this example to the world.

In The Language of the Third Reich, Weltanschauungen came to designate the instinctive understanding of complex geo-political problems by the Nazis, which allowed them to act in the name of a supposedly higher ideal and in accordance to their theory of the world.

At the " bottom of the Kremlin's neurotic view of world affairs is the traditional and instinctive Russian sense of insecurity.

Stalin thus used Marxism-Leninism as a " justification for Soviet Union's instinctive fear of the outside world, for the dictatorship without which they did not know how to rule, for cruelties they did not dare not to inflict, for sacrifice they felt bound to demand .... Today they cannot dispense with it.

Unlike the " long telegram ", Kennan's well-timed article appearing in the July 1947 issue of Foreign Affairs under the pseudonym " X ," entitled " The Sources of Soviet Conduct ," did not begin by emphasizing " traditional and instinctive Russian sense of insecurity "; instead it asserted that Stalin's policy was shaped by a combination of Marxist – Leninist ideology, which advocated revolution to defeat the capitalist forces in the outside world and Stalin's determination to use the notion of " capitalist encirclement " as a fig leaf legitimizing his regimentation of Soviet society so that he could consolidate his political power.

Modern artifacts may activate instinctive responses which evolved in a world without magazine centerfolds or double cheeseburgers, where breast development was a sign of health and fertility in a prospective mate, and fat was a rare and vital nutrient.

His work has led him to believe that all major artists are instinctive neuroscientists with an innate understanding of how the human brain looks at the world.

It came to designate the instinctive understanding of complex geo-political problems by the Nazis, which allowed them to openly begin invasions, twist facts or violate human rights, in the name of a higher ideal and in accordance to their theory of the world.

And by internalising the code of honour they did not, as Barnett supposes, make themselves defenceless in a world of chicanery and crime, but endowed themselves with the only real defence that human life can offer – the instinctive trust between strangers, which enables them in whatever dangerous circumstances to act together as a team ".

The coyote's instinctive fear of cougars has led to the development of sound systems which repel coyotes from public places by replicating the sounds of a cougar.

Rousseau wrote that morality was not a societal construct, but rather " natural " in the sense of " innate ," an outgrowth from man's instinctive disinclination to witness suffering, from which arise the emotions of compassion or empathy.

This relied to a great degree on insights derived from scientific research into animals taking instinctive action in natural and artificial settings — as studied by biology, ecology, and cognitive science.

On the savanna, unlike dangers such as large predators, snakes and spiders tend to be hidden from view until very close and may be a particular danger to infants and small children, favoring the development of an instinctive fearful response.

" The most obviously constant element is his gift for happiness and his instinctive compassion, which even in the most serious subjects prevents him from dramatization ..." Musicians have been a constant during all stages of his work.

Some used it to distinguish human adaptive strategies from the largely instinctive adaptive strategies of animals, including the adaptive strategies of other primates and non-human hominids, whereas others used it to refer to symbolic representations and expressions of human experience, with no direct adaptive value.

How one describes one's social environment relates closely to social origin because the instinctive narrative springs from early stages of development.

Alien hand movement in the posterior variant may show a typical posture, sometimes referred to as a ' parietal hand ' or ' instinctive avoidance reaction ' ( a term introduced by neurologist Derek Denny-Brown ), in which the digits move into a highly extended position and the palmar surface is pulled back away from approaching objects.

An instinctive behavior of shaking water from wet fur.

Despite their very different backgrounds, Mulligan a classically-trained New Yorker and Baker from Oklahoma and a much more instinctive player, they had an almost psychic rapport and Mulligan later remarked that, " I had never experienced anything like that before and not really since.

Birds use flight as an instinctive reflex action and as their first means of escaping any threat: they take to the air to fly upwards and away from the source of the threat ; their fear then dissipates.

This, almost instinctive management, is what is sometimes called ' coarse marketing '; to distinguish it from the refined, aesthetically pleasing, form favored by the theorists.

The love story of the young couple is free from wild romance, indeed their love makes them look to the future not with any anticipation of pleasure or extravagance, but with the instinctive conviction that the true blessings of life flow from the performance of necessary tasks.

Such techniques can overcome the mind's instinctive tendency to use " oversimplified associative thinking " in which two related concepts are so closely associated that their differences, and independence from one another, are overlooked.

Formal game theory is indifferent to whether this mixture is due to all players in a population choosing randomly between the two pure strategies ( a range of possible instinctive reactions for a single situation ) or whether the population is a polymorphic mixture of players dedicated to choosing a particular pure strategy ( a single reaction differing from individual to individual ).

However, many have also held an unofficial but highly influential role as a political or campaign advisor to their husbands — both Mila Mulroney and Laureen Harper were considered their husbands ' " secret weapons ", whose instinctive sense of campaign optics proved invaluable to their husbands ' careers ; Harper, for example, was credited as the brains behind a public appearance in which her husband, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, appeared on stage at Ottawa's National Arts Centre to sing The Beatles ' " With a Little Help from My Friends ", which was widely perceived as softening the Prime Minister's somewhat stiff and autocratic public image.

A group of animals fleeing a predator will demonstrate herd behavior for protection ; while some predators, such as wolves and dogs have instinctive herding abilities derived from primitive hunting instincts.

The instinctive reaction of many rookies was to turn and flee from an approaching attacker — especially a diving one.

His advertising drew from heartland-rooted values using simple, strong and instinctive imagery that talked to people.

Maturing at an accelerated rate, Mordred later stalks Roland and the other gunslingers throughout this adventure, shifting from human to spider as the need arises, seething with an instinctive rage toward Roland, his " white daddy.

The incident received international attention, starting a debate as to whether Binti Jua's actions were the result of the training she received from her keepers ( who had taught her to bring her own baby, Koola, to zoo curators for inspection ) or some instinctive sense of animal altruism.

Sarkic, from the Greek σάρξ, flesh ( or hylic, from the Greek ὕλη, stuff, or matter ) in gnosticism describes the lowest level of human nature — the fleshly, instinctive level.