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  2. Instinctive drift - Wikipedia

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    This is an instinct which was seemingly triggered by the similar action sequence involved in retrieving and depositing coins into a bank. Instinctive behaviour is usually automatic and unplanned and is a natural reaction which often is preferred by the animal over learned and unnatural actions. [ 2 ]

  3. Slide hosting service - Wikipedia

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    A slide hosting service is a website that allows users to upload, view, comment, and share slideshows created with presentation programs.According to Alexa and Compete rankings, the most popular slide hosting services include websites such as SlideShare, [1] MyPlick, [2] Slideboom, [3] SlideServe, [4] SlideWorld [5] and SlidePub.

  4. Fixed action pattern - Wikipedia

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    "Fixed action pattern" is an ethological term describing an instinctive behavioral sequence that is highly stereotyped and species-characteristic. [1] Fixed action patterns are said to be produced by the innate releasing mechanism, a "hard-wired" neural network, in response to a sign/key stimulus or releaser.

  5. Instinct - Wikipedia

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    Instinct is the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behaviour, containing innate (inborn) elements. The simplest example of an instinctive behaviour is a fixed action pattern (FAP), in which a very short to medium length sequence of actions, without variation, are carried out in response to a corresponding ...

  6. Baldwin effect - Wikipedia

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    In evolutionary biology, the Baldwin effect describes an effect of learned behaviour on evolution. James Mark Baldwin and others suggested that an organism's ability to learn new behaviours (e.g. to acclimatise to a new stressor) will affect its reproductive success and will therefore have an effect on the genetic makeup of its species through ...

  7. SlideShare - Wikipedia

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    SlideShare is an American hosting service, now owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos.Users can upload files privately or publicly in PowerPoint, Word, or PDF format.

  8. Intuition - Wikipedia

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    Instinct is often misinterpreted as intuition. Its reliability is dependent on past knowledge and occurrences in a specific area. [dubious – discuss] For example, someone who has had more experience with children will tend to have better instincts about what they should do in certain situations with them. This is not to say that one with a ...

  9. Pattern recognition (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In psychology and cognitive neuroscience, pattern recognition is a cognitive process that matches information from a stimulus with information retrieved from memory. [1]Pattern recognition occurs when information from the environment is received and entered into short-term memory, causing automatic activation of a specific content of long-term memory.