Describe what innate and learned behaviors are Explain the adaptive value of each of these two categories of behavior to an individual animal?

Answer 1

Innate behaviors are inherited from the parents and this type of behavior will always be ingrained in an animal's DNA. Even when an animal isn't raised by its parents, this type of behavior can only be slightly modified.

Answer 2

Innate behavior is instinctual in nature and is acted upon without thought or consideration. On the other hand, learned behavior is taught to people by social mores, parents, teachers, and others who have effects on behavior

Answer 3

I have maybe the answer for the first part of your question.

Innate behaviors are pre-programmed knowledge. Example: Young birds have the innate knowledge/behavior that allows them to hatch from their egg. They then know how to preen, peck, gape their beaks, and carry out a variety of other complex acts almost immediately.

Learned behaviors are behaviors that were observed by an individual that they find it to be beneficial to them in some way. There is a motivating factor behind it. Also, it can be conditioned. The learned behavior is a conditioned response to stimuli through either voluntary or involuntary intent.

A learned behavior is some type of action or reflex that you learn. For example tying your shoes is a learned behavior, but crying is not.

Answer 4

Innate behaviour is something you have known from birth.

Learned behaviour is something you must learn before you can do and you didn't know at birth.

E.G.

Innate:

-Cry

-Move Body

Learned:

-How to drive a car

-How to use a toaster

Answer 5

Innate behaviour is when you have already got that behaviour "inbuilt" in your genes but learned behaviour is when you either in psychology terms:

learn through Classical conditioning - by associating a stimulus with a response

learn through operant conditioning - through positive/negative reinforcing - encouraging a behaviour to be repeated!

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Answer 6

It depends on the situation - if it's a "fight or flight" response, then innate kicks in well before any learned behavior, but if it's something that requires more than just reactions, then learned behavior is more important

Take for example a situation where an animal is coming towards you in an aggressive manor, your body will react faster than you can think, so adrenaline will begin pumping through your body, your muscles will tense, and you will be prepared to either run or defend yourself

Any situation where you have time to consider your alternatives, innate behavior is all but redundant

Answer 7

Innate behaviors are natural behaviors that you do, but learned behaviors are those you learn from others.