PSYC 2230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Advantageous, Paul Ekman, Neoteny
10 Jan 2018
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Motivation: chapter 2 notes instinct genetically programmed bits of behavior that occur when circumstances are appropriate and that requires no learning of the behavior. For some theorists, animals were seen as having some rationality in addition to instinctive behavior, humans have instinctively control behavior in addition to a rational mind. Nominal fallacy simply labeling something and instinct does not explain the behaviour (ie. aggression) Kuo (1921): there is no agreement concerning what types of instincts, or how many exist, behaviors called instinct are actually learned, wednesday is not the motivating force of behaviors, because behaviors aroused by external stimuli. Ethology - specialized branch of biology, concerned with evolution, development and function of behavior. Ethogram list of observed behaviors for each species studied. Ethologi(cid:272)al approa(cid:272)h is fir(cid:373)ly (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s theory of re(cid:448)olution. Consummatory behaviours - well coordinated fixed pattern of responding to specific stimuli. Appetitive behaviours behaviors that can be changed through learning.
