AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Behavior is anything an animal does involving action and/or a response to a stimulus. Blinking, eating, walking, flying, vocalizing and huddling are all examples of behaviors. Behavior is broadly defined as the way an animal acts. Swimming is an example of behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -Both external and internal stimuli prompt behaviors-external information (e.g., threats from other animals, sounds, smells) or weather and internal information (e.g., hunger, fear). Understanding how genes and the environment come together to shape animal behavior is also an important underpinning of the field.

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

Detailed explanation-4: -Three fundamental types of behaviour can be distinguished: the purely practical, the theoretical-practical, and the purely theoretical. These three types of behaviour have three different reasons: the first a determining reason, the second a motivating reason, and the third a supporting reason.