AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The biologically determined and innate patterns of behavior that exist in both people and animals are called. stimuli.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biologically determined, innate patterns of behavior are known as instincts. Instincts are behaviors that we do not have to consciously think about, but rather automatically act on in response to certain things. An example of an instinctive behavior is an infant suckling to drink milk.

Detailed explanation-3: -biological determinism, also called biologism or biodeterminism, the idea that most human characteristics, physical and mental, are determined at conception by hereditary factors passed from parent to offspring.

Detailed explanation-4: -Instinct Approach: Approach to motivation that assumes people are governed by instincts similar to those of animals.

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.