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fixed action pattern
noun
, Ethology.
- a highly stereotyped pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a particular species.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fixed action pattern1
Said to be a translation of German Erbkoordination, term used by Konrad Lorenz
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Example Sentences
Yoon and Tennie say that contagious yawning could be due to the activation of a fixed action pattern.
From Scientific American
Minimally, this evidence rejects the simplest explanation for contagious yawning: the fixed action pattern.
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This is called a fixed action pattern.
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It means that contagious yawning is NOT just the result of a fixed action pattern triggered when you see someone else yawn.
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