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From: gcf@actnyc.UUCP (Gordon Fitch)
Newsgroups: sci.psychology
Subject: Instinct II
Message-ID: <806@actnyc.UUCP>
Date: 13 Apr 88 14:47:17 GMT
Organization: InterACT Corporation, New York
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Keywords: instinct genes hardwired behavior

On the question of instinct, which has led to a certain amount
of discussion, I originally responded to a posting which denied
that there was _any_ behavior which could be called instinctual.
I asked what one called the behavior which seems to be "hardwired"
into an organism's genes.  "Hardwired" turned out to be a poor
term, but for me, the question remains: are there behavior patterns
coded into the genes of the "higher" animals?  If so, if they're
not called "instincts", what are they called?