Animal Behavior Flashcards
Homeostasis
The maitenence of constant internal balance
Stimulus
Type of info that has potential to make an organism change its behavior
Kinesis
Increase in random movement
Taxis
Movement in a particular motion
Photo, chemo, geo, thigmo
Light
Chemical
Gravity
Touch
Internal and external stimuli react to…
Trigger specific behaviors
Instinct
A complex inborn behavior
Innate
Performed correctly the first time
Innate behaviors are triggered by a…
Releaser
Touch, sight, sound, scent
Habitation
When an animal learns to ignored a repeated stimulus
Imprinting
A rapid & irreversable learning process
Konrad lorenz and baby geese
Assosiative learning
A specific action is associated w consequences
Conditioning
One type of associative learning
Classical conditioning
Previously neutral stimulus associated with behavior triggered by diff. Stimulus
Operate conditioning
Behavior increased or decreased by positive or negative reinforcement
Survivorship
of individuals that survive from one year to the next
Territoriality
Control of a specific area (territory) by one or more individuals of an animal species
Optimal foraging
Natural selection should favor behaviors that get animals the most, or optimal amount of calories for the cost
Social Behavior benefits
Improved foraging
Assist for newborns sick and elderly
Reduced chance of predetation
Social behavior costs
Increased visibility
Increased competition
Limited resources
Cooperation
Lionesses hunt in a pack and share the kill
Reciprocity
Involves behaviors in which individuals help other group members w/ expectations that they will help in return
(Babysitting)
Altruism
Kind of behavior in which an animal reduces ifs own fitness to help other members of its social group
Eusocial
Live in large groups made up of many individuals, most are members of nonreproductive castes such as workers or soldiers
(Bees)
