2. Adjective. (biology) Describing any behaviour that has survival value ¹
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Definition of Consummatory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consummatory
Literary usage of Consummatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chapters in general psychology by Stevenson Smith, Edwin Ray Guthrie (1921)
"PREPARATORY AND consummatory RESPONSES When we attempt to describe what an animal
is doing, we find that we can distinguish between certain responses which ..."
2. Dynamic Psychology, by Robert Sessions Woodworth by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1918)
"PROBLEMS OF PSYCHOLOGY The other kind consists of reactions which are not evoked
except when the mechanism for a consummatory reaction has been aroused and ..."
3. The Function of Ideals and Attitudes in Social Education: An Experimental Study by Paul Frederick Voelker (1921)
"A consummatory reaction is one of direct value to the animal—one directly bringing
satisfaction—such as eating or escaping from danger." . ..."
4. The Function of Ideals and Attitudes in Social Education: an experimental study by Paul Frederick Voelker (1921)
"A consummatory reaction is one of direct value to the animal—one directly bringing
satisfaction—such as eating or escaping from danger." . ..."
5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1912)
"What then prevents the affective tendency so evoked from being at once completely
discharged in the consummatory act of springing upon the prey and tearing ..."
6. Stress, Gender, and Alcohol-Seeking Behavior edited by Walter A. Hunt, Sam Zakhari (1996)
"The second study used the HPA axis in the development of intact rats but substituted
repeated alcohol consummatory behavior, injections of ACTH for the ..."
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