What are some examples of phylogenic behavior? Fixed action patterns, reaction c

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What are some examples of phylogenic behavior? Fixed action patterns, reaction chains? What are the Laws of the Reflex? Law of Threshold, Law of Intensity-Magnitude, Law of Latency What is habituation and how does it differ from respondent extinction? How is respondent and operant behavior a type of ontogenic behavior? What is meant by the term contiguity and what does it have to do with respondent conditioning? How is respondent conditioning related to heroin overdose? What were the outcomes of the Siegel and colleagues study (1982) and how did those outcomes relate to heroin overdose?

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1. Examples of phylogenetic behaviour include our motor abilities, reflexive crying to discomfort, our vestigal features and mating dances.
Examples of fixed action patterns include yawning and the egg retrieval behaviour of the Graylag Goose.
Examples of reaction chains include the response of the male garter snake to the pheromone released by the female garter snake during the mating season.
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