Behavior Flashcards
What are fixed-action pattners?
innate behaviors triggered by stimuli
Who observed imprinting?
Konrad Lorenz
Who experimented with classical conditioning?
Ivan Pavlov
What is another name for conditioning?
associative learning
What is classical conditioning?
associate something with something
What is operant conditioning?
reward/punishment system
What is phototropism?
when plants bend towards light
What is positive gravitropism?
when plants grow towards the ground
What is negative gravitropism?
when plant stems/leaves grow away from ground
What is another name for gravitropism?
geotropism
What is thigmotropism?
when plants grow on a surface
What is the name for plant hormones?
auxins
What are pheromones?
communicative chemicals
What are the five assumptions of the Hardy Weinberg principle?
random mating, no natural selection, no gene flow, large population, no mutations
