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What does baser instincts mean?
A subconscious urge, behavior, or intuition directed by primeval, animalistic, self-serving, or ignoble motivations. Though he is an upstanding citize...
What is the difference between instinct and reflex?
Instincts are inborn complex patterns of behavior that exist in most members of the species, and should be distinguished from reflexes, which are simp...
What are people who study instincts called?
Jean Henri Fabre (1823-1915), an entomologist, considered instinct to be any behavior which did not require cognition or consciousness to perform. Wha...
What is something you do by instinct?
1 : a way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is not learned : a natural desire or tendency that makes you want to act in a particular way Our firs...
What is an example of instinct animal behavior?
An instinct is the ability of an animal to perform a behavior the first time it is exposed to the proper stimulus. For example, a dog will drool the f...