Habit Systems

activity manifested by an organism which is acting: first, as a whole rather than as a part; second, as a representative of a species rather than as an individual; third, without previous experience; and fourth, with an end or purpose of which it has no knowledge.¹

While there are, in fact, no "instincts" in the sense of specific internal "entities" or prompters of the release of specific forms of activity, the unlearned behavior reactions may be referred to as "instinctive" or "instinctual."

¹Wheeler, W.M.n/an/an/an/a, Ants, 518.

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Chicago: "Op. Cit.," Op. Cit. in Primitive Behavior: An Introduction to the Social Sciences, ed. Thomas, William I. (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1937), Original Sources, accessed May 9, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2IT95GECIQWERL5.

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