My 5 year old asked me this question so how would you explain it so it’s really eli5.
In: Biology
Instinct is the bodies tendency have patterns of behavior when presented with certain stimuli usually for the purpose of survival and reproduction.
To properly elm5 if every you see a spider you avoid and find away to not have to come into contact or get close to it that your instinct. The body seeing the spider and then avoiding it without even thinking is the body doing that pattern of behavior when it sees a certain something in this case the spider.
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