Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, M5S 1A1, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Psychon Bull Rev. 1994 Dec;1(4):439-50. doi: 10.3758/BF03210948.
Behavior systems are particular organizations of cognitive structures that are called behavior mechanisms: perceptual, central, and motor. Thus, behavior systems are defined here in structural terms and not in terms of their functional characteristics. In young animals, behavior mechanisms often develop independently of functional experience, though specific types of experience are usually necessary for integrated systems to develop. These concepts are illustrated here by the dust-bathing, feeding, aggressive, and sexual systems of the fowl, which are considered to be typical of behavior systems in other species. Aspects of neural development are examined and found to facilitate our understanding of a wide range of developmental phenomena, such as critical periods and irreversibility. Finally, various examples of classical conditioning and instrumental learning are analyzed in terms of the type of structures involved, and they are related to general developmental processes.
感知、中枢和运动。因此，行为系统是根据其结构特征来定义的，而不是根据其功能特征来定义的。在年幼的动物中，行为机制通常在没有功能经验的情况下发展，尽管对于整合系统的发展通常需要特定类型的经验。这些概念通过家禽的尘土浴、进食、攻击和性系统来说明，这些系统被认为是其他物种行为系统的典型代表。神经发育的各个方面也进行了检查，发现它们有助于我们理解广泛的发育现象，例如关键期和不可逆性。最后，根据所涉及的结构类型，对各种经典条件反射和工具性学习的例子进行了分析，并将其与一般发育过程联系起来。
