AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Innate behavior is behavior that’s genetically hardwired in an organism and can be performed in response to a cue without prior experience. Reflex actions, such as the knee-jerk reflex tested by doctors and the sucking reflex of human infants, are very simple innate behaviors.

Detailed explanation-2: -Innate behavior is genetically programmed. Individuals inherit a suite of behaviors (often called an ethogram) just as they inherit physical traits such as body color and wing venation. In general, innate behaviors will always be: Heritable-encoded in DNA and passed from generation to generation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Just about all human behaviors are learned. Learned behavior is behavior that occurs only after experience or practice. Learned behavior has an advantage over innate behavior: it is more flexible. Learned behavior can be changed if conditions change.

Detailed explanation-4: -Instincts and reflexes are innate behaviors-they occur naturally and do not involve learning. In contrast, learning is a change in behavior or knowledge that results from experience.

Detailed explanation-5: -Instinct, imprinting, conditioning, and imitation are the four types of animal behavior.