The mechanism that helps to respond a specific stimulus is:

Correct answer: B. Innate releasing mechanism

  • A. Sign stimulus
  • B. Innate releasing mechanism
  • C. Inherited complex
  • D. All of the above

Explanation

An innate releasing mechanism is the inherited neural mechanism that detects a sign stimulus and initiates a specific instinctive response. The sign stimulus is the trigger itself, not the mechanism that processes it.

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