behaviour

Question 1

parasympathic

Answer 1

rest and digest
- maintenance

Question 2

sympathic

Answer 2

flight or fight response

Question 3

fixed action pattern

Answer 3

unlearned, directly linked to stimulus
ex-stickle bug attacking red

Question 4

migration

Answer 4

environment factor (birds, geese)

Question 5

behavioural rhythms

Answer 5

daily activities to animal (hibernation- cant control it)

Question 6

innate

Answer 6

developmentally fixed, individuals exhibit the same behaviour
ex- babies sucking

Question 7

learned

Answer 7

based on experience (genetics and environment)

Question 8

imprinting

Answer 8

has sensitive period
in birds

Question 9

spatial learning

Answer 9

remembering through landmarks

Question 10

associated learning

Answer 10

associations between experiences (eat something and pukes, will avoid anything similar to that)

Question 11

classical conditioning

Answer 11

stimulus associated with something results in involuntary response

Question 12

operant conditioning

Answer 12

trial and error learning (bird getting food in cup)

Question 13

altruism

Answer 13

assume behaviour is selfish
may decrease fitness of individual but increase fitness of species population

Question 14

kin selection

Answer 14

favours protection of related individuals

Question 15

reciprocal altruism

Answer 15

(rare) – helping non-
related individuals

Question 16

cognition

Answer 16

process of knowing (problem solving)
reasoning, awareness, judgement, memory

Question 17

behaviour improves:

Answer 17

foraging (instead of using so much energy to get food animal can think of easier ways to get food)

mate choice

Question 18

mate choice: promiscuous vs monogamous

Answer 18

weak bonds, strong bonds and better parental care- better survival

Question 19

polygyny vs polyandry

Answer 19

dom male
dome female