PSYC 2230 Chapter 2-3 & 7: chapter 2, 3 and 7 notes
13 Apr 2016
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Chapter 2- genetics and motivation: instincts - genetically motivated behaviors that occur when certain conditions are present and require no learning (p. 30) - pattern that doesn"t require learning, triggered by stimuli, contrast. Reflect something that is very specific i. e blinking. Morow embrace -try to drop a child, instinctively grab onto you. Value of reflect, demonstrate how nervous system behaving, absence indicated prob with the system -agape scale, test on newborn infants nervous system, viability of infant, responsive to certain stimulation, elicits an inborn innate nervous reaction. Reflexes are adaptive, instinctual patterns of behavior that are biologically given, can be modified by learning. Instancal behavior, qualify as adaptive behavior that is needed for survival: early instinct theories were popular in the lat 19th and early 20th centuries. Concept of instinct acted as a theoretical bridge b/w animal and human behavior and thus evolution applied to both humans and animals; to physical structure, to behavior and the mind.
