Ontogeny refers to the learning history of an individual organism specifically how its behavior has been shaped by its unique experiences with reinforcement and punishment throughout its lifetime Susans behavior of waiting for permission to eat dinner which was established through her past experiences in her prior abusive household and continues to occur even in a new different environment is a clear example of behavior influenced by her personal learning history These are learned behaviors that are a product of her interactions with her specific environment In contrast phylogenic factors refer to the evolutionary history of a species leading to innate unlearned behaviors eg reflexes fixed action patterns Respondent conditioning and elicited behaviors relate to involuntary physiological responses that are typically reflexive or in response to an antecedent stimulus eg salivating to food startling to a loud noise not the operant behavior described in the scenario which is maintained by past consequences