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Instinct

Known as: Behaviors, Innate, Innate Behaviors, instinctive behavior 
Stereotyped patterns of response, characteristic of a given species, that have been phylogenetically adapted to a specific type of situation.
National Institutes of Health

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EthologyMotivation

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Fixed Action Pattern
Intrinsic driveLibidoPsychology, Developmentalneeds and drives

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2012
2012
Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight
Acknowledgments: My Bat-Family vii Foreword by Michael Uslan, Bat-Films executive producer xi Introduction by Dennis O'Neil… 
2011
2011
A Cholinergic-Regulated Circuit Coordinates the Maintenance and Bi-Stable States of a Sensory-Motor Behavior during Caenorhabditis elegans Male Copulation
Penetration of a male copulatory organ into a suitable mate is a conserved and necessary behavioral step for most terrestrial… 
2011
2011
Novel, nonreflex tests detect analgesic action in rodents at clinically relevant concentrations
We propose that predictive validity of tests for analgesia may be improved by looking to reinstate specific, innate behaviors… 
2009
2009
Reflections of two trainees: Person-of-the-Therapist Training for marriage and family therapists.
In this article we share our personal and professional experiences, struggles, and growth, as former trainees of the Person-of… 
2006
2006
A model linking biology, behavior and psychiatric diagnoses in perpetrators of domestic violence.
Review
2006
Review
2006
Common procedures in hedgehogs, prairie dogs, exotic rodents, and companion marsupials.
2000
2000
Regulating managed care: what's wrong with a patient bill of rights.
Review
1978
Review
1978
The Evidence on Appropriate Factor Proportions for Manufacturing in Less Developed Countries: A Survey
The question of appropriate factor proportions for less developed countries (LDCs) has emerged as an important area for research… 
1975
1975
Development of species identification in ducklings: II. Experimental prevention of perceptual deficit caused by embryonic auditory deprivation.
Devocalized-isolated ducklings are relatively insensitive to the higher frequencies in their species' maternal call 24 hr after… 
1959
1959
The Activation of an Instinct Caused By a "Transitional Action"
It is shown by examples that the performance of a part action which also forms part of another activity than that being performed… 
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