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Basic Animal Behavior Flashcards

1
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Basic reasons why animals
behave

A
  1. to find food
  2. to interact in social groups
  3. to avoid predators
  4. to reproduce
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2
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study of animal behavior

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Ethology

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3
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The way an animal reacts to a certain stimulus with activity or inactivity

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Behavior

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4
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something that elicits a response

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Stimulus

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5
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Something outside the animal

Ex. sound, sight, smell, etc, presence of another animal

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External stimulus

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something inside the animal

Ex. hunger, fatigue, feeling cold, hormones

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Internal Stimulus

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7
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attributing human emotions to animals

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Anthropomorphism

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A class of social behavior occurs in every culture, it is probably genetically determined.

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Cultural universals

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9
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The systematic study of the biological bases of all social behavior in animals.

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Sociobiology

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10
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Causes of Behavioral responses in Animals

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  1. Heredity (internal factors)/innate
  2. Learning experiences (external factors)
  3. Intelligence
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Types of learning

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Habituation
Conditioning
Insight learning
Imprinting

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12
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  • Animals learn not to respond to a stimulus
  • response gets ignored despite stimulus

Ex. “cry wolf”

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Habituation

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13
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  • Associative learning
  • occurs when an animal learns to respond to a neural stimuli in the same way.

Ex. Poman Pavloy : (dog salvation w/ringing bell)

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classical conditioning

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14
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  • most complex type of learning
  • animal solves a probiem
  • requires past experence
  • Need ro mare astoudhon w/ objects
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insight learning

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15
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The ability of animals to learn to adjust successfully to environmental situations

• abilities to learn from experiences

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Intelligence

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16
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Animal learns to behave in a certain way through repeated practice
Trial & error learning

Ex. at presses lever, gets food

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Operant conditioning

17
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Learning at a specific critical time & forms social attachments

both learning with innate components

Ex. Goslings

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Imprinting

18
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one ls to one mating

more than one mate

Both female and malw have multiple mates

male mate with more than onefemale

Female mate with more than one malw

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  • monogamus
  • Polygamy
  • promiscuity
  • polygyny
  • polyandy
19
Q

Behavior associated with recognizing, searching, capturing,

A

Foraging

20
Q

ensuring survival of young

e.g. carrying, nursing, cuddling, holding young

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Parental care

21
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Attracting a mate

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Courtship

22
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work to create alliances, help the group

e.g. grooming, babysitting, defense of musk ox young,

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• Social

23
Q

A movement to a more suitable environment as seasons Change

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Migratory

24
Q

signaling between one animal & another

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communication

25
Q

Why animals communicate?

A

Defense (warn away)
Alliance (get helper or mate)
Elicit play

26
Q

This are usually are strategies for survival

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Animal behavior

27
Q

This is the responsible for synthesis of specific enzymes

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Genes

28
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Types of Behaviour

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  1. Foraging
  2. Parental care
  3. Courtship
  4. Reproductive
  5. Offensive/Defensive
  6. Territorial
  7. Social
  8. Migratory
  9. Communication
  10. Curiosity.
  11. Elimination
  12. Resting
  13. Play
29
Q

Give some example of vocalization behavior

A

Bark
Growl
Chirp

30
Q

Give some example of non verbal signaling behavior

A

Smiling
Showing teeth
Tail slap
Scenting

31
Q

It is type of behavior when they investigate new stimulus in environment

ex. Sniff, approach

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Curiosity/investigative

32
Q

It is type of behavior when defection or urination

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Elimination

33
Q

It is type of behavior when apparent inaction

ex. Lying down, sitting

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Resting

34
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It is type of behavior when the purpose is training for life defense

A

Playing

ex. Hunting

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