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Actions or responses that seem to be innate or so ingrained in a person’s psyche that they are automatic. Reflex actions are called “knee-jerk reactions.” There are physiological things such as elevated heart rate and hypersensitive skin (goose bumps) that are built into the nervous system. These are even more instinctive than reflexes.
Keywords: learning
reflex
response
References: Goldberg, 1989
Holland, 1975
genetics