Chapter 51- Animal Behavior Flashcards
Proximate questions
How questions, genetically how the behavior got there
Ultimate questions
Why questions, evolutionary significance
Fixed action pattern
Largely invariant behavior pattern
Sign stimulus
Simple cue that triggers fixed action patterns
Communication
The transmission and reception of signals by animals
Four types of communication are-
Visual, auditory, chemical(usually pheromones), and tactile
Learning
Modification of behavior based on experience
Imprinting
Formation at a specific stage of life of long lasting behavioral responses
Sensitive period
Specific length of time where imprinting must occur or it never will
Spacial learning
Establishment of a memory of landmarks in the environment
Cognitive map
Representation in the nervous system of the spastic relationships in the environment
Associative learning
Learning where associations are made between experiences
Two types of associative learning-
Classical conditioning and operant conditioning
Classical conditioning
Stimulus becomes associated with a particular outcome
Operant conditioning
Animal learns to associate behavior with reward or punishment, then learns to either repeat or avoid that behavior