AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Habituation, imprinting, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and cognitive learning.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Reflexes are an example of instinctive behaviors. For birds, nest building, migration, and imprinting (automatically following mothers) are all instinctive behaviors. Maternal instincts are also instinctive behaviors.

Detailed explanation-5: -What is a learned behavior? Learned behavior is one that is not innate, instinctive or “canalized” but rather is acquired through practice or a specific experience with an external event.