AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A complex, unlearned, and fixed pattern of behavior common to all members of a species is called: an instinct.

Detailed explanation-2: -instinct: unlearned knowledge, involving complex patterns of behavior; instincts are thought to be more prevalent in lower animals than in humans. learning: change in behavior or knowledge that is the result of experience. reflex: unlearned, automatic response by an organism to a stimulus in the environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -From a biological perspective, an instinct is a species-specific pattern of behavior that is not learned.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the past, behaviors often were explained in terms of an instinct-an unlearned, complex pattern of behavior that occurs in the presence of certain stimuli.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.