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 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. For example, a dog will drool the first time-and every time-it is exposed to food.

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

Detailed explanation-4: -First, we will look at the most simple forms of innate behavior: reflex, taxis and kinesis.

Detailed explanation-5: -Innate (instinctive) behaviors are genetically programmed stereotypical behaviors that occur inde-pendent of previous experience and can occur spontaneously or be set in motion by environmental triggers.