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releaser
(redirected from Fixed action pattern)

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releaser
device in the milking machine which discharges milk from the vacuum pressure system to atmospheric pressure.


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It is activated when three innate mechanisms--namely, the mechanisms of recognizing, releasing, and responding--are concordantly matched at a specified time or stage of development to produce a fixed action pattern that may be very long-lasting.
History, causality, and sexology by Money, John / The Journal of Sex Research
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