PSYCO381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Egg Rolling, Fixed Action Pattern, Reflex Arc
26 Apr 2014
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Modal action patterns (formerly: more species-specific form of elicited behavior and usually an animal will do it over and over again. For example the egg rolling response of the certain type of ducks, the different performances/sexual behavior animal does to get a mate etc. Thus saying that these responses are not really fixed because variability does exist in the response they make. What mediates habituation & sensitization processes: habituation processes occur in the s-r system: it is the shortest path between sense organs activated and muscles used to make response (it is reflex arc). It is activated each time a stimulus elicits a response controls habituation. What did they find: left side 11 days: intense startle response on the first day (cid:0)decreases over time in the next days. ): spontaneous recovery occurred: that is after presenting stimuli frequently, and then not presenting for a day, the rat began responding again.
