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The biological significance of behavioral learning from a systems view
Author(s) -
Germana Joseph
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830340306
Subject(s) - organism , adaptation (eye) , process (computing) , transactional leadership , psychology , transactional analysis , biological organism , natural (archaeology) , cognitive science , living systems , ecology , computer science , social psychology , biology , neuroscience , engineering , biochemical engineering , biological materials , paleontology , operating system
When found in the company of adaptation, maturation, evolution, and all other processes which promote change and development of biological organization, the “natural beauty” of learning is revealed in all of its forms. But, the biological significance of behavioral learning is that, as such a system process, it promotes the development of organization in the transactional relationships standing between organism and environment, the two major participants in the life process.