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Behaviors that stem from innate, automatic behavioral tendencies that will occur reliably in all members of a species in response to some sort of cue from the environment, are called

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These are instincts. These behaviors do not need to be trained or conditioned in a person or species before they will occur. Due to evolutionary forces, these behaviors will take place (one example is the reflex of a person whose knee is hit: the kicking motion is instinctual and reflexive, and does not need to be taught).
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