Animal Behavior

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The study of how animals behave in their natural habitat.

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ETHOLOGY

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An activity or action that helps an organism survive in its environment.

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Behavior

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can be thought of as the way an animal acts.

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Behavior

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It includes all the ways animal interact with other organism and the physical environment.

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Behavior

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Blinking, eating, running, walking, flying, sleeping -are all examples of

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animal behavior.

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Animals behave in certain ways for four basic
reasons:

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► to find food
► to interact in social groups
► to avoid predators
► to reproduce

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any change in the
environment that affects the activity of an
organism or what causes an animal to act in
a certain way.

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Stimulus

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can trigger a physical or behavioral change.

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Stimulus

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A behavior comes in response to a

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Stimulus

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Animals respond to stimuli around them, such
as

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sunlight, sounds, temperature, water and
touch.

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This helps animals survive by adjusting
the conditions in their environment.

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Stimulus

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Stimuli may include:

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● the sight of food
● the sound of a potential predator
● the smell of a mate
● daily events such as nightfall
● seasonal events such as decreasing
temperatures.

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2 Categories of Bheavior

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► Innate Behavior
► Learned Behavior

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Instinctive behavior, the behavior that is set in an animal at birth and
causes the animal to respond automatically to an environmental
stimulus.

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Innate
Behavior

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behavior that’s genetically hardwired in an organism and can be
performed in response to a cue without prior experience.

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Innate
Behavior

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this behaviors necessary for survival, especially in species that don’t get
much guidance from their parents.

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Innate
Behavior

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The seasonal
movement of animals
from one place to
another. This behavior
allows the animals to
take advantage of
resources like food or
water when they run
low in another location.

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Migration

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A resting state that
helps animals survive
the winter.
During hibernation a
warm-blooded animal
like a ground squirrel
slows down its heart
rate and breathing rate.

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Hibernation

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Types of Innate
Behavior

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Reflex Action
Kinesis
Taxis
Fixed Action Pattern(FAP)

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an involuntary and rapid
response to a stimulus, or
cue, an Automatic
response that involves no
conscious control

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Reflex Action

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random change in the speed
of a movement in response to
a stimulus.

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Kinesis

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a form of response made by
an organism that involves
movement towards or away
from a stimulus.

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Taxis

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It is a predictable series of
actions triggered by a cue,
sometimes called the key
stimulus. Once initiated,
Always carried to completion.

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Fixed Action Pattern(FAP)

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Behaviors animals are NOT born with

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Learned
Behavior

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Acquired / Modified by experience

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Learned
Behavior

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Behaviors are learned from observations and
experience

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Learned
Behavior

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Often learned from parents

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Learned
Behavior

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Types of Learned
Behavior

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Non-Associative Learning
Associative Learning
Latent Learning
Imprinting
Insight (Reasoning)

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types of associative learning

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1. Classical Conditioning
2. Operant Conditioning

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Organisms change their response to a stimuli without
association with a positive or negative reinforcement.

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Non-Associative
Learning

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2 Types of non-associative learning

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1. Habituation
2. Sensitization

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2 Types of non-associative learning

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1. Habituation
2. Sensitization

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a type of learned behaviour
whereby the strength of a
response diminishes when
the response is repeated.

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Habituation

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A decrease in response to
a stimulus after repeated
exposure

Less sensitive to stimuli

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Habituation

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The increase that occurs in
an organism’s
responsiveness to stimuli
following an especially
intense or irritating
stimulus.

More sensitive to stimuli

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Sensitization

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is a form of learning whereby a conditioned stimulus becomes associated
with an unrelated unconditioned stimulus, in order to
produce a behavioral response known as
a conditioned response.

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Classical Conditioning

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a type of associative learning process through which
the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement
or punishment. behavior is rewarded or punished to control that
behavior.

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Operant Conditioning

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When an organism learns something in its life, but the knowledge is not immediately ex[ressed.

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Latent Learning

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Knowledge remains dormant until certain
circumstances allow or require it to be expressed

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Latent Learning

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Learning WITHOUT REWARDS!

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Latent Learning

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Process by which a social attachment to a
particular object or another animal is
formed during a critical time period.

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Imprinting

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Type of learning or problem solving that happens all-of-a-sudden.

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Insight Learning
(Reasoning)

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Prior experience is crucial to learning

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Insight Learning
(Reasoning)

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Investigations are difficult because the learning happens quickly

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Insight Learning
(Reasoning)

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Learning in which animal uses previous experiences ro respond to a
new situation.

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Insight Learning
(Reasoning)