Transcript Chapter 22: Animal Behavior

Chapter 51: Animal
Behavior
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Behavior = What
an animal does
and how it does
it.
• Ultimate versus
Proximate
causation
Chapter 51: Animal
Behavior
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Fixed-action
pattern (FAP) =
highly
stereotyped,
innate behavior.
• Newly hatched
chicks
Chapter 51: Animal
Behavior
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Optimal
behavior = A
behavior that
maximizes
individual
fitness
• Songbird
repertoires
Learning
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Learning versus
maturation
• Herring Gull
Chick Feeding
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Habituation =
ignore irrelevant
information.
• Grey Squirrels
Learning
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Imprinting =
learning limited to a
specific time
period, irreversible
• Imprinting stimulus
and critical period
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Associative
learning: classical and
operant conditioning
Animal Cognition
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Cognition
connects n.s.
function with
behavior
Cognition is
ability of n.s. to
perceive, store,
process and use
info gathered
• Migration
Social Behavior &
Sociobiology
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Agnostic behavior
Dominance
hierarchies
Territoriality
Courtship (parental
investment)
Inclusive fitness
• altruism (scrub jays)