AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Innate behavior comes from an animal’s heredity. An animal’s instincts are examples of its innate behavior. For example, migrating birds use innate behavior to know when to begin their migration and the route that they should follow. Learned behavior comes from watching other animals and from life experiences.

Detailed explanation-2: -Instincts are innate behaviors that are hardwired into an animal’s biology and do not require learning or experience.

Detailed explanation-3: -An instinctive behavior is an action in an organism that is performed by all members of their species. They are typically a fixed action pattern (FAP) that occurs as a result of a specific stimulus. Instinctive behaviors are innate abilities-they occur and are present from birth onward and are not learned behaviors.

Detailed explanation-4: -Broadly defined, instinct is considered innate, patterned behavior for living organisms that does not require learning or experience. Almost all early psychologists engaged in the study of instincts, and many attempted to classify them.