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Functional experience

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

Experience that appears to the observer to be functionally relevant to the behavior in question.  For example, the experience of ingesting food appears to be functionally relevant to the behavior of pecking in birds.  

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Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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