Breland and Breland would argue that you betcha, genetic endowment interferes with learning.
m ------ "There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." -- Margaret Wheatley -----Original Message----- From: Jean-Marc Perreault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 5:20 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [SPAM] - [tips] Dogs, Porcupines, and Learning theories - Bayesian Filter detected spam An interesting question arose a while back... Why do dogs, after biting into a porcupine (which is a very unpleasant event, with sometimes harsh consequences, <<such as having needles that are shaped as fish hooks pulled out of the mouth with pliers>> keep going after other porcupines later on? Would one argue that instinctual behaviour (that of chasing small critters) overcome, or even prevent, learning? I'm quite interested in the answer to that one... Cheers! Jean-Marc --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang= english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
