Question

Animal behaviour can be defined as :

• A. An organism’s adaptive response to stimuli in its environment.
• B. An organism’s adaptive response to another organism in its environment.
• C. An organism’s ability to care for each other.
• D. An organism’s ability to reproduce.

Answer 1

The correct option is A An organism’s adaptive response to stimuli in its environment.

Behaviour can be defined as an organism’s adaptive response to stimuli in its environment. The stimuli may be as simple as the smell of food. The nervous system perceives and passes the information concerning environmental stimuli and triggers adaptive motor response which we see as patterns of behaviour.