PSYCO381 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Supernormal Stimulus, Pharyngeal Reflex, Corneal Reflex

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Behaviour is not infinitely flexible: elicited behaviour: occurs in response to stimuli. Behaviour that response from the stimulus from the environment: range from 3 neurons to complex emotional responses, general across all animals, habituation and sensitization, emotions: maintenance of equilibrium by opposing underlying mechanistic forces. Stereotype responses: response only occur after a certain stimulus and rarely occur without it. Stimulus path way (sensory neurons) response pathway (motor neurons: corresponding response, neural organization of simple reflex. (as few as) 3 neurons: responses are hard-wired (reflex arc, reflexes are adaptive, contribute to an animals well-being or survival. Head turning in infants: infant reflex is to drink milk, turning head evolutionary help them find the nipple. Modal action patters (map: occur in sub-sets of animals. Map are shown in different groups of behaviour: map seen for : Prey capture: classic example: egg-rolling response in geese. Sign stimulus: feature or combination of features that elicit (release) the behaviour.

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