Imagine you are a male three-spined stickleback (a fish).You come across a nest of unfertilized three-spined stickleback eggs and you can't help but do a particular dance and then go ahead and fertilize the eggs.Which theory of motivation accounts for your behavior?

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The instinct doctrine suggests that certain behaviors are innate and instinctual, and do not require learning or motivation. In this case, the male three-spined stickleback's behavior of fertilizing eggs after performing a particular dance is likely instinctual, rather than driven by arousal, a desire to reduce a drive, or learned behavior.

Imagine You Are a Male Three-Spined Stickleback (A Fish)