Innate and Instinct behaviour

This document discusses different types of individual animal behavior. It defines individual behavior as characteristics that influence how an organism behaves in daily life and responds to situations, which can be inherited or learned. Inherited behaviors include innate reflexes and instincts that are automatic and developmentally fixed. Reflexes are automatic responses to stimuli, while instincts are behaviors animals are born knowing how to perform, like building nests. The document also discusses types of movements in response to stimuli, differentiating between kinesis, which changes the rate of an activity in different environments, and taxis, directional movements toward or away from stimuli.