Transcript Animal Behavior

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1. Turn in your animal survey lab.
2. Explain instinct
3. Explain a learned behavior
Types of Behavior
• Automatic Response
• Innate Behavior/Instinct
• Learned Behavior
Courtship Behavior
Courtship Behavior
Behavior in which an animal sends out a
stimulus such as
• Sounds
• Visual Displays
• Chemicals
In order to attract a mate.
Example: Bowerbird
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Example: Peacock Spider*
Innate Behavior
Territoriality
Territoriality
Behavior shown by an animal to
defend or obtain a territory.
Example: Vampire Bat*
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Innate Behavior
Aggressive Behavior
Aggressive Behavior
Threatening behavior that one
animal uses to gain control over
another.
Innate Behavior
Dominance Hierarchy
Dominance Hierarchy
• Social ranking within a
population
• Difference in power, ranking, and
access to resources and mating.
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Innate Behavior
Circadian Rhythm
Circadian Rhythm
• 24-hour cycle
• Diurnal: Awake during the day
• Nocturnal: Awake during the
night
Innate Behavior
Migration
Migration
• Seasonal movement of an
animal or group of animals
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Innate Behavior
Hibernation
Hibernation
Takes place during COLD months
• State of inactivity and metabolic
depression in animals
• Lower body temperature, slower
breathing, and lower metabolic
rates.
Innate Behavior
Estivation
Estivation
Takes place during summer
months
• Same definition as hibernation,
but occurs during periods of
extreme heat.
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Innate Behavior
Taxis
• Movement in response to stimuli
Taxis Examples
Innate Behavior
Habituation
Habituation
Process by which an animal
decreases or stops a response to
a repetitive stimulus that neither
rewards or harms it.
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Innate Behavior
Suckling
Suckling
• Drawing of milk into mouth by mammary
gland
Learned Behavior
Imprinting
Imprinting
Behavior based on early
experiences.
Once it has occurred, the behavior
cannot be changed.
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Learned Behavior
Trial and Error
Also called operant conditioning*
Trial and Error
Process of finding a solution to a
problem by trying different
solutions and learning from
mistakes (or rewards).
Learned Behavior
Conditioning
Conditioning
Process in which a stimulus
(pleasant or unpleasant) follows
an event.
The stimulus will cause the same
response every time.
Pavlov’s Dog
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Learned Behavior
Insight
Insight
Process in which an animal uses
something it has already learned
to a new situation without a
period of trial and error.
Learned Behavior