PSYC 2330 Lecture Notes - Fully Completely, Thermostat, Fixed Action Pattern

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2330
• Professor: Francesco Leri

Document Summary

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 e. g. food, water. Learned - behaviours adapted to the environment, relatively exible and open to modi cations e. g. money. Nothing is fully completely learned, you need some genetic components there. Psychologists like to call any idea a theory. Psychological (william james) - instincts are motivators of behaviour. They are impulses coming from within the organism that lead to the initiation of behaviour (modesty, jealousy, shyness, curiosity, competition/aggression, self- defense) Either think of different sources of motivation or a single source, it doesn t change any thing, bottom line you need energy for behaviour. Ethology (kondrad lorenz, niko tinbergen) - instinct are behaviours. They exist because they have, or had, survival value. They are controlled by genes, and therefore not learned.