Psychology Roots
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Instinct
A behaviour that is genetically programmed into an entire species. Thus, the behaviour is not the result of learning, and can be seen across members of a species. For example, there are specific nest-building behaviours that are part of different species of birds. If you hatch one of these birds in captivity and raise it without any contact with any other members of its species, it will still do those species-specific nest-building behaviours.
