Herding instincts and trainability can be measured at noncompetitive instinct tests. Are my instincts and my emotions not good enough? She is noted for her "aggressive instincts and tendency to speak bluntly". This aggression appears correlated with watchdog and territorial instincts. But my nurturing instincts are fulfilled in other ways. It extols the virtues of exploring one's own nature and instincts. I really trust his instincts and his ears. Can you trust your instincts and what you are feeling ? He divides these instincts into sexual instincts, death instincts, and ego or self-preservation instincts. Herding instincts and trainability can be measured at noncompetitive herding tests. One recent biographer opined that Boone lacked the ruthless instincts that speculation demanded. James wrote that humans had many instincts, even more than other animals. The covered pregnancy storyline makes a mockery of his instincts and intelligence. Others only used to follow their basic instincts like animals. This would seem to indicate that there are not, in fact, two opposing instincts.