AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Innate behavior develops without environmental stimuli. The genes influence innate behavior which is in-built in the organism.

Detailed explanation-2: -All animals have innate and learned behaviors. Learned behavior develops during an animal’s lifetime. Animals with more complex brains exhibit more behaviors that are the result of learning. However, the behavior of insects, spiders, and other arthropods is mostly instinctive behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Innate behaviors do not have to be learned or practiced. They are also called instinctive behaviors. An instinct is the ability of an animal to perform a behavior the first time it is exposed to the proper stimulus.