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Instinct Theory

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Instinct theory holds that behavior is driven by innate, species-typical patterns that require no learning.

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Infants root and suck without instruction, and birds of a species build the same nest structure.

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Naming an instinct explains nothing by itself. The theory faded because the list grew without gaining predictions.