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Instinct's Religious Roots
- The concept of instinct originated from religious discussions about free will and the afterlife.
- Animals were denied free will to exclude them from heaven or hell, their actions explained as instinct.
Lorenz and Imprinting
- Conrad Lorenz, a founder of ethology, reinforced the idea of instinct with his work on imprinting in birds.
- He viewed imprinting as a simple switch, but later research revealed it's a multi-step process.
Auditory Imprinting
- Gilbert Gottlieb challenged Lorenz's view by researching auditory imprinting in chicks.
- He discovered that chicks' in-egg vocalizations play a role in developing attraction to their mother's call.