innate releasing mechanism

noun

1. IRM. psychol the process by which a stimulus evokes a response when the connection between the two is inborn

Example Sentences

At the same time, the ethologists described an “innate releasing mechanism”, a slower orchestration of these fast responses that increases the probability that a fundamental behaviour such as mating will occur.

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According to this model, the ritual movements of mating are the fixed-action patterns and the neuropeptides are the innate releasing mechanism.

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