action pattern
Psychology and Zoology
noun
A behaviour or sequence of behaviours elicited in response to a particular stimulus or situation; specifically (more fully fixed action pattern, modal action pattern) a rigid sequence of such behaviours which is innate, highly stimulus-dependent, and runs to completion once elicited.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
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