Behaviour Flashcards
Behaviour
An organism’s response to a stimulus
Innate Behaviour
A type of behaviour that is instinctive and happens automatically
Waggle dance in bees
innate behaviour –} advantage
Shows location of food source
Grip response in primates
innate behaviour –} advantage
Young grip onto mother (safety)
Suckling
innate behaviour –} advantage
Babies can feed without being taught
Classic conditioning
Classical conditioning is when you learn to link two things together. For example, if you hear a bell every time you get food, eventually just hearing the bell might make you hungry.
Habituation Example:
Scarecrow
Crows get food
Insight learning:
Working out how to get food from a high cupboard
Can get food through trial and error; problem solving
Pavlov’s Dogs experiment
- The dog is presented with the primary stimulus (food) and has the unconditional response of salivation
- When the secondary stimulus (the bell)is rung there is no unconditioned response of salivation
- The primary stimulus and the secondary stimulus occur at the same time
- Now every time the secondary stimulus (the bell) is rung then it causes a conditioned response (salivation), because the dog now associates food with the ringing of a bell
Imprinting
Imprinting is a rapid and lasting form of learning in animals, where they quickly bond with the first thing they see after birth or hatching, often their mother.
Why is imprinting helpful?
It allows newly hatched birds to self-identify, copy key survival behaviours and it establishes social bonds/ specific behaviours - IT IS INNATE
Choice Chamber - how it is used
- Put woodlice in chambers, separated into Dark Wet, Dark dry, Light Wet and Light dry
- After 10 minutes, count how many is in each side
- 2 more times (repeat)
Function of the brain in higher animals
Controls the living functions and behaviours of the organism
Cerebrum
Conscious thought, memory and emotions
Hypothalamus
Control of internal conditions (blood temperature)