According to McDougall, every instinct is associated with

William McDougall, a pioneer in instinct theory, stated that every human instinct consists of three core components: cognitive (knowing), affective (feeling), and conative (acting).He explicitly asserted that every fundamental primary instinct is bound directly to a specific, unique emotion. For instance, the instinct of escape or flight is linked with the emotion of fear, and the instinct of combat is tied directly to the emotion of anger.