Types of Animal Behaviors

The way an organism interacts with other organisms and its environment.

• Innate Behavior
• Reflex
• Behavior
• Instinct

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Birds building a nest is an example of this type of behavior.

• Innate
• Reflex
• Imprinting
• Conditioning

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An automatic response that does not involve a message from the brain.

• Reflex
• Innate Behavior
• Trial and Error
• Conditioning

Behavior that an organism is born with and doesn't have to be learned.

• Innate Behavior
• Conditioning
• Insight
• Imprinting

An example of an instinct, which is a complex pattern of innate behavior, includes...

• A spider spinning a web on its first try.
• Jerking your hand away from something hot.
• Forming a social attachment to another organism
• Tying your shoes on the first try.

This type of behavior develops during an organisms lifetime. They are not born with it.

• Learned Behavior
• Innate Behavior
• Reflex
• Instinct

Salmon knowing which stream they were hatched in is an example of this type of behavior.

• Imprinting

• Conditioning

• Insight

• Trial and Error

Learning how to ride a bike is an example of this type of behavior.

• Trial and Error
• Imprinting
• Conditioning
• Reflex

Dr. Watson scared a human infant to be afraid of a cute stuffed animal.

• Conditioning
• Reflex
• Trial and Error
• Insight

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This behavior happens when you use your prior learning to solve a new math problem.

• Insight
• Conditioning
• Innate Behavior
• Instinct