PSYC 2330 Midterm: Midterm 1 Notes
19 Oct 2015
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Behaviour refers to a set of responses of organism, usually in relation to environmental stimuli (goals) Instinctual genetically programmed behaviours that occurs when circumstances are appropriate and that require no learning a. Is reflexive: learned behaviours adapted to the environment, relatively flexible and open to modifications a. Is more complex: blends of the two. Instincts could be overridden by experience and by each other, as many of the instincts were actually in conflict with each other. Instincts are motivators of behaviour: they"re impulses coming from within the organism that lead to the initiation of behaviour, biological, ethology study of behaviour b. Sign (key) stimuli a specific feature of an object or animal that elicits a modal action pattern: e. g. Bird goes for the larger egg even though it"s not the same species egg: if you amplify the size of the stimulus, it becomes more powerful.
