what is the difference between instinct and reflex?
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Instinct is brain-based: it involves thought, to some degree.  No brain = no instinct.\n\nReflexes are generally not brain-based at all.  You will recoil from a pinprick without using any brain energy; the nerve signal processes "on its own" and does not need thought to do it.  That is why reflexes are so fast.  You can have reflexes without a brain.
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Some of our actions are due to instinct, others are due to higher level thinking and are therefore due to motives.
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No. Reflex actions do not involve the brain. Reflex actions are controlled by the spinal cord. What a bunch of low info you got racked up! I bet those guys missed the 'reflex' part! Any reflex action is a result of the spinal cord. The brain usually controls all voluntary actions i.e actions that you want to do. You know what you are doing. But sometimes, there is a need for action so quickly that the nerves don't have time to contact the brain for instructions. The spinal column takes over. Example of reflex actions are taking away your hand when it comes into contact with hot water, closing of eyelids when someone attepts to punch you in the face. These actions are involuntary and beyond your control. You don't mean to do them. They just happen.
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Reflexes are pure nerve’s response! If you touch a flame with a finger you’ll immediately put it away as the result of just your nervous system response keeping homeostasis of your hand
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Pub is sort of correct, although he contradicts himself a bit.\n\nIt is a reflex ... reflexes are learned activities.  Close the door ... turn off the music, etc.  Always do this with quiet concentration.  You will have to retrain your body to accept this new event.\n\nBy minimizing the distractions, you have more focus and control ... be patient, but regular.  You can retrain reflexes.
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The obvious difference is one compels and the dictates behavior.  When one is guided towards making the right, choice, for instance, the ultimate decision lies with the individual.  When one is regulated to make a particular choice, consequences exist to punish the individual if they happen to make the "wrong" choice.\n\nExample:  Regulation may require individuals to drive no faster than the posted speed limit.  In rainy or snowy conditions, however, most drivers have been instructed (trained, guided) to drive at far slower speeds.
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It's designed to prepare a soldier physically and mentally for the rigors of combat. Being able to react instantly in a stressful and terrifying situation. Having one's training become an instant response can make the difference between the "quick and the dead".  Fact is, if you're being shot at, stopping to consider what to do allows time for the brain to butt in with the "OH Sh*t!" factor.  A good way to get dead. \n  Tis this very reason why many combat vets get into trouble. "Switching off" means unlearning reflexes learned in moments of unimaginable stress and fear. Said reflex being involuntary, may be needed in combat, but serious overkill (pardon the pun) in an ordinary barfight.
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The brain is not involved in a reflex arc. I believe the signal only gets as far as the spinal cord. You pull your hand away from a hot stove before your brain can even register that it is feeling heat.
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I think both go hand in hand. You need both. If you had emotion but no logic, you'd just be an emotional idiot. If you had logic, but no emotion, you'd be a robot.
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If this premise was true, then is this the difference between the DNA of humans and the DNA of an Oak tree?\n\nScience has always done poorly in explaining the source of human emotions.  Is there a genetic difference between Love and Lust?  Either might provoke "successful replication" of the DNA, so why two different emotions, not just one?\n\nThe pure emotion of "fear" might provoke "flight ot fight" and have some survival value, but how does "paranoia" help the individual or the species to survive?\n\nThe mechanism of linking emotions to memories may have a chemical or neurological basis, but no genes have even been found to express this.\n\nPerhaps some areas of study are best left out of the realm of science.  The subjective Universe cannot be verified easily by an objective observer.
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When an action becomes voluntary (rather than reflex as in classical conditioning) then we refer to it as operant. This is like when you have a baby laying in a crib and the mommy comes in so the baby looks at mommy and whines, then mom picks up baby. Baby learns very quickly that if he makes this noise mommy will pick him up. Operant conditioning.\n\n Before I briefly explain reinforcement I want you to remember this simple phrase. Ready? ALL REINFORCEMENT IS GOOD! Both nagative and positive reinforcement is good.\n\n Here are some examples:  Positive reinforcement would be when your parent tells you to do a chore, after you do the chore mom says great, here's $5.\n Negative reinforcment would be when the parents asks you to do a chore and then after you do it they say, now you don't have to wash the dishes.\n\n Positive is when the behavior is rewarded by ADDING something to promote the behavior and negative is when the behavior is rewarded by TAKING AWAY something undesirable.
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Being very instinctive. Doing anything the moment it comes to mind without any further thought. Anyone who is impulsive is spontaneous giving an immediate and natural reaction to any situation they are under. Impulsive reactions always expresses what is on the mind on of a person. In todays world most people regret being impulsive.
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I believe both have the same meaning. One is British-English origin ("oriented" I think), and the other is US-English origin. They tend to be used interchangeably much to my annoyance ;-)
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the two-neuron arc is going to be faster than the three-neuron one.  two connected neurons form a shorter chain than three therefore the reflex is going to be faster.
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The major difference is that we have this big conscious mind which prevents us from having a direct relationship with our intuition. Whereas with dogs, psychic intuition has been studied somewhat successfully. We humans have to train ourselves to be more attuned to our intuition\n\nThe most general rule in the psychic community is to not cause harm.
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This may be related to Ivan Pavlov's studies.\n\n"'conditional reflexes' — i.e., reflex responses, like salivation, that only occurred conditional upon specific previous experiences"\n\ntry the link below.
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A trait is an attribute.  Skill is what you can do. Competence is how well you do it.