Identity Imprinting (1)
Series: Ephesians
Robert Dawson
Ephesians 1:1-3
Max Anders, in his book The Good Life, says, Ducks are known to attach themselves to the very first thing they see after they hatch. Normally this process works fine because the first thing a freshly hatched duckling sees is Mama Duck. They attach to Mama. They follow her. They mimic her. They think and act like Mama which is perfectly fine because like Mama they are ducks.
This process is known as imprinting. It is defined as ''a rapid learning process that takes place early in the life of a social animal and establishes a behavior pattern as recognition of an attraction to its own kind.'' The definition does not end there. It adds these words, ''or a substitute.''
Those last words give enough room for this imprinting, rapid learning and attachment process, to go a little haywire on occasion as it did in the case of one little duckling who hatched under the close supervision of the family dog.
- The very first thing that hatchling saw was the family's collie and at that moment and irrevocable bond was formed. From that moment on the duck decided it was collie.
- It followed the dog around and ran to it for protection.
- It spent the hot part of the day laying with the dog under the porch and slept with the collie at night.
When the little guy grew up it acted like a duck, most of the time. However, ...
- When it was hot you could find him under the porch with the dog.
- When it was night you could find him in bed with the dog.
-When a car pulled up in the driveway the duck would rush toward the car, flapping and quacking viciously and pecking at the tires. After all, that's what the other dog did.
The duck had issues. The duck had an identity problem. He did not self-identify as a duck. He saw himself as a collie and acted like one but that did not change the undeniable fact that he was a duck.
Anders says, ''All of us suffer from a certain kind of imprinting, a n ...
Series: Ephesians
Robert Dawson
Ephesians 1:1-3
Max Anders, in his book The Good Life, says, Ducks are known to attach themselves to the very first thing they see after they hatch. Normally this process works fine because the first thing a freshly hatched duckling sees is Mama Duck. They attach to Mama. They follow her. They mimic her. They think and act like Mama which is perfectly fine because like Mama they are ducks.
This process is known as imprinting. It is defined as ''a rapid learning process that takes place early in the life of a social animal and establishes a behavior pattern as recognition of an attraction to its own kind.'' The definition does not end there. It adds these words, ''or a substitute.''
Those last words give enough room for this imprinting, rapid learning and attachment process, to go a little haywire on occasion as it did in the case of one little duckling who hatched under the close supervision of the family dog.
- The very first thing that hatchling saw was the family's collie and at that moment and irrevocable bond was formed. From that moment on the duck decided it was collie.
- It followed the dog around and ran to it for protection.
- It spent the hot part of the day laying with the dog under the porch and slept with the collie at night.
When the little guy grew up it acted like a duck, most of the time. However, ...
- When it was hot you could find him under the porch with the dog.
- When it was night you could find him in bed with the dog.
-When a car pulled up in the driveway the duck would rush toward the car, flapping and quacking viciously and pecking at the tires. After all, that's what the other dog did.
The duck had issues. The duck had an identity problem. He did not self-identify as a duck. He saw himself as a collie and acted like one but that did not change the undeniable fact that he was a duck.
Anders says, ''All of us suffer from a certain kind of imprinting, a n ...
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