AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A human swimming is an example of what behavior?
A
Learned Behavior
B
Inherited (Innate) Behavior
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A reflex is a behavior that humans are born knowing how to do, such as sucking or blushing; these behaviors happen automatically in response to stimuli in the environment. Learned behaviors are things that humans are not born knowing how to do, such as swimming and surfing.

Detailed explanation-2: -Is swimming a learned behavior? Swimming is definitely a process your body has to learn. Although many young children make movememts comparable to actual swimming, it is still far from what I would call real swimming. In competitive swimming there are 4 styles, butterfly, freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke.

Detailed explanation-3: -A learned behavior is something that you are taught or have learned to do. We do learn somethings from our parents but other things such as skateboarding we might learn by ourselves. Some examples are, playing an instrument, playing sports, style, cooking.

Detailed explanation-4: -A learned behavior is a behavior that is not natural but rather developed through socialization. Most behaviors, besides basic animalistic instincts, are learned from somewhere or someone. For example, even going to the bathroom is a learned behavior.

Detailed explanation-5: -Learned behavior can result from any one of five different modalities: classical conditioning, operant conditioning, habituation, insight, and imprinting.

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