The Nature of Life a Study in Metaphysical Analysis
The Nature of Life a Study in Metaphysical Analysis
Florence Webster
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Cit. , pp. 329-332. BEHAVIOR AND SENTIENT LIFE 2Q the action of which rather resembles the pulling of a trigger than a mechanical push. The action of an organism also depends upon its structure and the character of what Jennings calls its "action system" : thus the lower organisms possess only a very limited number of pos- sible responses, while greater differentiation of organs together with their integration by the nervous system places a great variety of action at the disposal of the higher ...animals. The behavior of an organism is thus dependent in a general sense upon its past growth and develop- ment as supplying the mechanism and energy for action. Even so a given stimulus does not always set off the same response, as the specific state of the organism at the moment is important as well as its general character : for example hungry and well-fed animals react differently to food. 10 Even Loeb's attempted reduction of instincts to tropisms shows that these vary with physiological conditions so that "in ants, the winged males and females become intensely positively heliotropic at the time of mating .
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