AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -When the mealworm is touched with a feather, it wiggles. This response is a reflex because it happens automatically.

Detailed explanation-2: -A well-studied example of a fixed action pattern occurs in ground-nesting water birds, like greylag geese. If a female greylag goose’s egg rolls out of her nest, she will instinctively use her bill to push the egg back into the nest in a series of very stereotyped, predictable, movements.

Detailed explanation-3: -Instinct, imprinting, conditioning, and imitation are the four types of animal behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -The only innate behaviors in humans are reflexes. A reflex is a response that always occurs when a certain stimulus is present. For example, a human infant will grasp an object, such as a finger, that is placed in its palm. The infant has no control over this reaction because it is innate.

Detailed explanation-5: -Common examples of MAPs and FAPs include the mating dances of many species, some types of displays of aggression, the pointing and herding instincts of some breeds of dogs, spider web building, and when a baby bird pecks at an adult’s beak so that the adult bird will regurgitate food.