Instinctive Response
An Instinctive Response is an agent response that is pre-programmed.
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- See: Automatic Agent Act, Courageous Act.
References
2013
- http://phobias.about.com/od/glossary/g/instinctrespdef.htm
- An instinctive response is a response that is apparently pre-programmed into the brain, possibly due to evolutionary mechanisms. Instinctive responses are used as the basis of certain psychological techniques, especially behaviorism’s classical conditioning.
Even in non-behaviorism therapies, it is important to understand the impact that instinctive responses have on human behavior. They can be among the most powerful and difficult-to-break behaviors.
- An instinctive response is a response that is apparently pre-programmed into the brain, possibly due to evolutionary mechanisms. Instinctive responses are used as the basis of certain psychological techniques, especially behaviorism’s classical conditioning.