BOHA - 1

Question 1

Who are the 3 key founders of animals behaviour which received the nobel prize?

Answer 1

1) Niko Tinbergen
2) Konrad Lorenz
3) Karl von Frisch

Question 2

what were 3 main areas of tinbergens research?

Answer 2

1) evolutionary history of behaviour
2) causation of behaviour
3) function of behaviour

Question 3

what are the 3 main animals tinbergen studies?

Answer 3

1) gulls
2) wasps
3) sticklebacks

Question 4

what are tinbergens 4 questions?

Answer 4

1) why did behaviour evolve like this? i.e whats its evolutionary history
2) what is its current function? - whats the significance in survival
3) what are the stimuli and mechanisms causing this behaviour?
4) how does this behaviour develop? is it innate or does it develop?

Question 5

what was lorenz 3 main areas of interest?

Answer 5

1) Drive
2) Causation
3) Imprinting

Question 6

what type of study did Lorenz pioneer?

Answer 6

the use of comparative studies e.g. looking at the courtship of ducks to infer phylogenetic relationships between duck species

Question 7

what research did Lorenz use spiked sticklebacks for?

Answer 7

he was interested in innate releasing mechanisms - female sticklebacks bellies swell to signal to males they are ready to release eggs

Question 8

what is Von Frisch famous for?

Answer 8

discovering the dance language of honey bees

Question 9

what does dancing of bees indicate to other bees?

Answer 9

communicates the distance and direction of food sources - changes depending on the time of day and angle of the sun

Question 10

what is a major histocompatability complex?

Answer 10

a set of genes concerned with fighting disease

Question 11

out of all 3 founders of animal behaviour which ones theories stood the test of time?

Answer 11

tinbergen