PSYCH 112 Lecture Notes - Adaptive Behavior, Teleology, Proprioception
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Creature must have distinct subsystems and nervous system. Minds are inferred from an organisms behavior. Most of our information about minds come from behavior. Behavior plays a huge role in the mind. Responsive behavior (adaptive behavior) based on the environment around the mind. Teleological behavior (adaptive behavior) role directed behavior, trying to achieve a goal. Adaptive behavior is role directed and responsive to the environment. Chemistry - self reproducing complexes and energy production. Psychology nervous system, stimulus (cid:0) response. Energy production in order to interact with their environments, agents have to produce energy. Responsiveness agents need to respond to environment, agents have a strong adaptive tendency. Teleology goal directedness, for organisms to respond, it increases dominance over environment. Anticipation thinking something will turn out a certain way. The higher animals in their adult form are primarily sensory-neuro-muscular systems arthur ritchie. Behavior is dominant factor in how an organism is designed. Detector external senses (eyes, nose, ears, skin)
