Innate vs Learned Behavior

TADPOLES KNOWING HOW TO SWIM AND AVOID DANGER AS SOON AS THEY ARE BORN IS AN EXAMPLE OF ..

• LEARNED BEHAVIOR

• INNATE BEHAVIOR

Baby birds in due time peck at only food particles is an example of

• learned behavior

• Innate behavior

A scientist observes sea otters using rocks to break open clamshells. Which of these investigations would best help the scientist determine whether this skill is a learned or an inherited behavior?

• Determining what sizes and kinds of rocks are used most often by sea otters

• Determining whether shellfish are an important food source in the diet of sea otters

• Raising young sea otters away from adult otters that use rocks and observing whether the young otters use rocks

• Observing families of sea otters over time to see whether adults that use rocks have offspring that use rocks

Ducks swimming is a ...

• Innate Behaviour

• Learned Behaviour

Which behavior is genetically based and NOT linked to past experiences?

• innate behavior

• habituation

• operant conditioning

• classical conditioning

Why is a spider spinning a web an innate behavior?

• It learns how to spin the web from its mother.

• It learns how to spin a web through insight learning.  

• It is born knowing how to spin a web.

• It learns how to spin a web through observational learning.

Behaviors that are passed on from parents to offspring without teaching or training are called what?

• inherited or innate behaviors

• learned behaviors

• acquired traits

• imprinted behaviors

Which is an example of a learned behavior?

• blinking

• riding a bike

• swallowing

• crying

Fox squirrels live in the trees of city parks in Texas.  Each spring they build nests of twigs and leaves in the tops of trees.   They are also often found near park benches, waiting to be fed by visitors.    
For fox squirrels, which of these is  a learned behavior?  

• Having brown fur 

• Taking food from people

• Having a long bushy tail 

• Having sharp claws 

Look at the picture.
A dog that sits when told to.

• inherited

• learned