Fear and Fire: A Cross-Species Test of the ARCH Model Using Snakes, Ants, and Fish

This study empirically validates the ARCH model of behavior (Behavior = Archetype × Drive × Culture) through multiple ethologically conserved systems: snake fear in primates, alarm responses in ants, and escape behavior in fish and others. Using AI simulated datasets based on Mineka-style fear conditioning, pheromone-induced alarm behaviors, and Schreckstoff-triggered escape, we modeled behavioral outcomes as a multiplicative function of three factors: innate templates (Archetype), physiological readiness (Drive), and context or social modulation (Culture). Regression analyses show that the interaction term (A × D × C) significantly predicts behavior in all species (p < 0.001), while individual predictors alone do not. These results reinforce ARCH as a cross-species explanatory law of behavior integrating neuroethological structure, internal state, and learned or social factors.