An individual who responds to walking into an obstruction by pushing into it harder is exhibiting?

Question

negative phototaxis

positive geotaxis

negative thigmotaxis.

positive thigmotaxis.

Answer 1

i think its positive thigmotaxis (where thigmotaxis is when the individual moves when touched). The more the obstruction "touches" the individual, the harder it will push against it.

Answer 2

Positive means that the individuals comes closer to the stimulus. Phototaxis comes from photo, which means light (remember that, to take a pic, you use light). Geotaxis comes from Geo, which means land, Earth (remember Geography). so, you only have to chose between the two last. And, since the individuals comes closer, then the answer is d

Ana

PS. BTW, taxis means movement (think of cabs, they are called taxis in Spanish and in many other languages)

Answer 3

A bad attitude ☺

Doug