Animal Behavior

Question 1

Innate behaviors

Answer 1

Stimulus or “releaser” causes a stereotypical response

Question 2

Habituation

Answer 2

The decline in response to a a repeated stimulus

A protist stops retracting if it is continually touched

Question 3

Classical conditioning

Answer 3

An animal learns to perform a response to a new stimulus

Places a signal before a reflex

Focuses on voluntary behaviors

Question 4

Operant conditioning

Answer 4

Involved applying reinforcement/punishment after a behavior

Focuses on voluntary behaviors

Question 5

Imprinting

Answer 5

Learning is governed by constraints

Rigidly programmed to occur only at certain periods of development

Baby geese will associate a face with their mother at a certain time, then it’s ingrained

Question 6

Famous ethologists

Answer 6

Karl Von Frisch-

Honeybees, waggle dance

Konrad Lorenz-
Imprinting, newborns

Tinbergen-
Fixed actions patterns, typical response, also called “innate behaviors”

Pavlov-
Classical conditioning

Skinner-
Operant conditioning