HUMAN

INSTINCTS
KALININA DARYA
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WHAT IS INSTINCT?

Instinct is a inborn fixed set of actions, which is launched in

response to the manifestation of a key stimulus and is designed to
meet a certain need.

INSTINCT=FSA+KI+UN, where:
FSA is a fixed set of actions:.
KI - key incentive
UN - unmet need

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IMPORTANT DISTINCTIVE
FEATURES OF
INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOR:
 Instinct is not adaptive (context is not
considered)
 There is a clear model (algorithm) of
actions
 Inborn (instinct manifests itself fully the
first time it is used, no need for training)
 Instinct cannot be controlled
 Instincts encourage you to look for an
incentive
 Saturation

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 Adaptivity, inborn Clear algorithm of actions

Instincts encourage to look for an Saturation

incentive

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 Theories and history of terminology development

Jean Baptiste Abraham

Lamarck Maslow

Chrysippus Charles Darwin

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EVOLUTION OF INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOR

The higher level of

development of an
animal, the less
influence of instincts.

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If in the behavior of invertebrates, arthropods and the first vertebrates (fish, amphibians, reptiles, most
birds) instincts are the key factor, then with the advent of mammals instincts gradually become
rudimentary, and variability develops.

Teaching is not
importantant Teaching is key

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Substitution of concepts and linguistic errors

The main reason why many

people believe that people
have instincts is because they
do not understand the term
itself.

Many things that are called instincts

are in fact inborn predispositions ,
reflexes, needs, long-established social
norms and so on.

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 A need is a lack of something that a person
feels necessary to maintain a normal life.
Inborn predispositions are in fact rudiments
from human instincts.

Reflexes - mechanisms, thanks to which the

body responds to irritants.

Social norms – rules, that society forces us

to follow.

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 Linguistic inaccuracies.
The word instinct in English is a direct
synonym to words of flair, gut and
intuition, which leads to the wrong use of
the word and popularization of the wrong
concept, because instinct is a scientific
term that has certain features and needs to
be proved, while flair or intuition concepts
are ephemeral and abstract.

INSTINCT ≠ FLAIR
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What we consider instincts in people are
needs or a consequence of learning.
Baldwin effect

In general, now scientists agree that people

rather have no instincts in the common
sense of the word. The only proven instinct
of a person is called "eyebrow flash"

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In conclusion, I would like to say that discussions on the existence of instincts have been
going on for a long time. Science has been actively developing and is now moving towards
evidence, moving away from authoritarianism. Therefore, until the opposite is proved, it
can be considered that people have no instincts in their generally accepted form, and the
behavioral model depends on many factors that affect a person in the process of his
maturity, as well as physical and psychological development.

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 List of used literature
1. https://exploringyourmind.com/the-abcs-of-human-instincts/
2. https://www.yourhealthandlongevity.com/blog/do_humans_have_instincts/
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJRm-1rj5_E
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instinct
5. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskAnthropology/comments/40u9wx/do_humans_have_instincts/
6. https://drbeetle.homestead.com/mindrules.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_effect
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdqg-jn_tBk
9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIk3RsjxpNo
10. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Инстинкт
11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcXQOnqGdKE
12. http://ethology.ru/other/?id=17#:~:text=Аппетентное%20поведение%20(англ.,приближение%20к%20объекту%20
удовлетворения%20потребности
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13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ZSXYNzwP4
14. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Хрисипп
15. https://www.examen.ru/add/manual/school-subjects/social-sciences/sociology/napravleniya/instinktivizm-v-
socziologii/
16. https://ru.qaz.wiki/wiki/Irenäus_Eibl-Eibesfeldt
17. https://gtmarket.ru/laboratory/basis/4180/4186
18. https://www.brain-games.ru/blogs/zanuda/nature-vs-nbsp-nurture-intervyu-s-nbsp-ekaterinoy-vinogradovoy/ 14