Question

Imprinting helps birds Select one:

a. perform the proper courtship ritual.
b. defend their territory.
c. recognize a member of their own species.
d. form a fixed action pattern.
e. build a better nest.

Answer 1

c. recognize a member of their own species.

Step-by-step explanation:

Imprinting is a type of social learning. The learning process in imprinting is based on early experience and is exhibited by organisms such as birds. Imprinting occurs within a few hours or days after birth or hatching. The newly hatched birds imprint on the first moving object it sees. This first object could be their mother, a human or a non-living moving object. The process of imprinting is genetically determined, but the bird learns to recognize the members of their own species and family.