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Types of behaviors (Learned vs. Unlearned) Reflexes • Primitive, automatic response of the body to a stimulus Infant Reflexes • Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex (disappears after 1st year) • Grasp Reflex (disappears after 5-6 months) • Plantar Reflex (disappears by 1st year) Reflexes to try… • Cover one eye for one minute – REFLEX of pupil dilation • Clapping in front of fast – REFLEX to blink • Blow on face – REFLEX to hold your breath • Face in water – REFLEX of slowed heart rate Conditioned Responses • Primitive learned response that links a behavior and a stimulus Conditioned Responses to try… • Each time I say “Write” make a mark on your paper Habit • A repeated behavior that has become engrained (hard to change) Habits to try… • Divide your paper in half • Write “normal hand” on top of one column and “other hand” above the other • Write your name as many times as you can in 15 seconds with your normal writing hand • Write your name as many times as you can in 15 seconds with your other hand Habits to try… • Write the following three sentences but do NOT dot any “i” or cross any “t”s Habits are often useful in allowing routine activities to be carried out quickly. But most of us have some habits we would like to break. Breaking a habit is not a simple thing to do. Trial and Error Learning • An animal learns to repeat responses to have a desired outcome Trial and Error to try… • Complete each maze, one at a time • Time it takes for you to complete each maze • Cover the previous maze so you cannot see it Reasoning • Using judgment, thinking and memory to determine behavior in a new situation Reasoning to try… • There are four separate, equal-sized boxes • Inside each box there are two separate small boxes • Inside each of the small boxes there are three even smaller boxes • How many total boxes are there? Reasoning to try… • The dots represent nine bears in a square enclosure at the zoo. • Build two more square enclosures within this one so that each bear gets its own pen.