Innate or Learnt?

Innate behaviors are:

• Present at birth

• Controlled by genes

• Stereotypical (occur the same way all the time)

• ALL of these are correct

Learnt behaviors are:

• Not present at birth

• Improved over time with more learning

• Change with experience

• ALL of these are correct

Successful organisms with adaptive behaviors will:

• Survive

• Find a mate

• Reproduce

• Survive AND reproduce passing on their successful genes

Pulling your hand away from hot things is:

• Innate

• Learnt

Infants wrapping their hands around things put in their palm is:

• Innate

• Learnt

Salivating when you smell delicious food is:

• innate

• learnt

Walking on two legs is:

• Innate

• Learnt

Caterpillars making a cocoon is:

• Innate

• Learnt

Spiders spinning a web is:

• Innate

• Learnt

Using familiar landmarks to navigate your way home is:

• Innate

• Learnt