PSYB64H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Short-Term Memory, Withdrawal Reflex, Aplysia
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Advantage of producing rapid, reliable responses, but their inflexibility can be a disadvantage. Produced by prewired neural connections or reflex arcs when the environment changes. Instincts: a stereotyped pattern of behavior elicited by particular environmental stimuli. Are automatic but resulting behaviors are more complex. Involve mating or parenting behavior: male trying to attract a female. Instinctive behaviors are consistent enough throughout life but can be modified by experience. Learning: a relatively permanent change in behavior or the capacity for behavior due to experience. Human adaptability to live in different environments comes from our human capacity for learned behavior. Behavior that changes as a result of experience is only considered learned: behavior that changes due to maturation or growth does not count. Fatigue, boredom, illness and mood influence behavior but in temporary manners. Associative learning: occurs when an organism forms a connection between two features of its environment: classical conditioning: allows organism to learn about signal that predict important events.
