AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Reflexes. Perhaps the simplest example of an innate behavior is a reflex action: an involuntary and rapid response to a stimulus, or cue. One example of a human reflex action is the knee-jerk reflex.

Detailed explanation-3: -For example, whenever you come home wearing a baseball cap, you take your child to the park to play. So, whenever your child sees you come home with a baseball cap, he is excited because he has associated your baseball cap with a trip to the park. This learning by association is classical conditioning.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The correct answer is C. When a dog plays dead she gets a treat in order to encourage her to repeat the behavior. The dog has learned that she will get a treat, positive reinforcement, for playing dead in this example.