PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Patellar Reflex, Observational Learning, Brainstem
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Can be externallyobservablebehavior or internal processes emotions thoughts and physicalresponsesi. Controlled by nervous system circus in the spinal cord. Similar to reflexes but the resulting behaviors are more complex. Occur in mating andparenting behaviors of many species clean the puppy"s placenta afterbirth. Ex yawning for human learning relatively permanentchange in behavior due to experience. After learning we can do things that we can"t do before. Behavior can also be changed by brain damage disorder things we. The definition of learningis restrained from the learn from experience psychological results from learning czoth argument. Human has fewer reflexes instincts than animals most human behavior. William jamesargue that human have more instincts but we are unaware of them behavior appears to be more complex bic we need to choose among the conflicting ones innate learninginstinct. Contemporaryevolutionarypsychologists that prepares humans to learn certain things in a particularway. Cognitive psychologists3 learned behaviorresultingfrom experience can cook automatic instinctive.
