This is the psychological nature vs nurture concept. A learned behavior is considered nurture, you arent born with it therefore its learned. An instinct however is considered nature because you were born with it and it is in your genes. In other words an instinct would be something you are predispositioned to by heredity. With animals this would also have to do with natural selection. They carry on genes that help them survive, ie instincts. Amanda
You are born with an instict, but you learn your behavior.
when a baby cries for a toy would that be an instinct or a learned behavior
A learned behavior is something that a parent or anyone taught you. A instinct is a behavior that an animal is born with and does not need to learn.
A learned behavior is something that a parent or anyone taught you. A instinct is a behavior that an animal is born with and does not need to learn.
Instinct and learned behavior are antonyms because learned behavior means someone helps you and instinct maens to do it by yourself.
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Crying is learned. For example, as soon as a child is born it usualyy immedietally cries. They could not have possibly learned this from anyone.
A frog's hopping is an inherited behavior.
Aga Biriani
Instinct. To have learned behaviors they have to be taught. The cub does stay with the mother for 2 years and they are shown how to hunt, but it is instinct that is the main method of life.
Learned behavior is a behavior that does not come naturally, as an instinct behavior does. You have to teach an animal how to do a trick, etc., which is learned behavior, for they were not born with the knowledge of knowing how to do that trick, etc.
This is the psychological nature vs nurture concept. A learned behavior is considered nurture, you arent born with it therefore its learned. An instinct however is considered nature because you were born with it and it is in your genes. In other words an instinct would be something you are predispositioned to by heredity. With animals this would also have to do with natural selection. They carry on genes that help them survive, ie instincts. Amanda
When animals swim, it is always from instinct. This applies to bears as well.