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Give an Overview of Experimental Results That Support Sperry's Chemoaffinity

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Give an overview of experimental results that support Sperry's chemoaffinity hypothesis. In the case of the innervation of the optic tectum of frogs by retinal fibers, how are these connections "fine-tuned"?


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Conformity

A change in behavior due to explicit or implicit social pressure.

Fundamental Attribution Error

A cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the influence of personality or dispositional factors on an individual's behavior while underestimating the influence of situational factors.

Dispositional Causes

Factors related to an individual's personality or internal characteristics that are thought to cause their behavior.

Situational Causes

Factors or circumstances outside the individual that are attributed to affecting behavior.

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