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EPPP Psychology

Category - Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior

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Instincts are characteristics of one species that are innate and organized. A fixed action pattern (FAP) is a description of certain instinctive behavior. What is the best description of a fixed action pattern?
  1. It is an innate response to a certain stimuli
  2. It is the failure of an organism to respond to certain stimuli
  3. It is a behavioral sequence that is unlearned and runs to completion
  4. It is the action in the brain that triggers instinctive behavior in response to certain stimuli
Explanation
Answer: C - A fixed action pattern is an instinctive behavioral sequence that is innate, indivisible, and runs to completion. Mating dances of birds are FAPs; a yawn that triggers observers to yawn is a human FAP.
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