chapter 51- behaviour

Question 1

What is behaviour?

Answer 1

Behaviour is the sum of an organisms responses to an external and internal stimuli

Question 1

How are actions ( behaviour) carried out?

Answer 1

by muscles under control of the nervous system

Question 2

stimulus-> _ -> _ -> behaviour

Answer 2

nervous system, muscle glands

Question 3

Example of a behaviour

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animal using its throat muscles to produce a song or releasing a scent to mark behaviour

Question 4

Proximate causation explains

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how a behaviour occurs

Question 5

Ultimate causation explains

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why a behaviour occurs

Question 6

Example of ultimate causation questions

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Evolutionary history for a behaviour. Ultimate causation is the “real” reason something occurred, and is often referred to as the evolutionary explanation for something

Question 7

Example of proximate causation questions

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Proximate causation is an event that is closest to, or immediately responsible for causing, some observed result.

Question 8

what is physiological stimuli and an example

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a change in the physical or chemical structure of an organism’s internal or external environment
example= increased daylight triggers release sex horomone

Question 9

What is Behavioural stimuli and an example

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Closing the eyes in response to bright light is

Question 10

what do systemic reasons explain

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why a cicada sings…. bcs members of cicada lineage usually sing

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what do evoultionary reasons explain

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bcs singing increases fitness

Question 12

what is a fixed action behaviour

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an unlearned behaviour that contiues until completed

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example of fixed action pattern

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observer noticed that male sticklebacks behave aggressively towards red items that pass like a truck

Question 14

the red item that prompted this behaviour is a _ bcs

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a sign stimulus, bcs it triggered a fixed action pattern (FAP) in an animal

Question 15

environmental stimuli not only trigger behaviours but also provide

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cues to help them carry behaviours out

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example of env. cues

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migration

Question 17

in migration an animal does not know this new enviornment, so how do they find their way

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circadian rhythm and lunar cycles

Question 18

what is the circadian rhythm and lunar cycle

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rest and activity cycles regulated by circadian clock ( 24h) and lunar cycles provide info abt tide movements

Question 19

what is innate behaviour

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behaviour that is genetically hardwired in an organism and can be preformed in response to a cue without prior experience
- grapsing, sucking

Question 20

what is learning

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the modification of behaviours as a result of specific experiences

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types of learning

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impriniting
spatial
associative
cognition and problem solving
social

Question 22

what is imprinting

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form of learning in which a very young animal fixes its attention on an object and follows it

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example of imprinting

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a young duck sees an image moving away which gets imprinted and follows it for survival ( does not have to be the actual mother to follow)

Question 24

what is spatial learning

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when an animal locates their nest they covered by remembering landmarks near it - mental representation of its environment.

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what is associative learning

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making associations w experiences

Question 25

2 types of associative learning

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classical and operant conditioning

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what is classical conditioning

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stimulus associated w a particular outcome- food associated w a bell

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what is operant conditioning

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trial and error learning, associations w bad tastes, smells, etc

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what is social learning

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learning by observing behaviour of another ind.

Question 29

kinesis

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change in activity

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taxis

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move toward or away

Question 31

round dance with bees mean

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food is near by

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waggle dance w bees means

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food is distance so use sun as compass to find it

Question 33

what is altruism

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altruistic behaviours ( alarm class) reduce an ind. chance of survival but increase the chances of another.
- food calls and alarm calls

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Adaptive behavior

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Adaptive behavior is a behavior that helps an individual achieve reproductive success, and is subject to natural selection.

Question 35

examples of adaptive behaviour

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altruism, Camouflage etc

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Hamilton’s Rule - provided a way to measure, or quantify, the effect of altruism on fitness

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B - Benefit, average number of extra offspring that the recipient of an altruistic act produces
C - Cost, how many fewer offspring the altruist produces
r - equals the fraction of genes that, on average, are shared
When rB > C, natural selection favors altruism

Question 37

Game Theory

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Method to evaluate
alternative strategies in
situations where the
outcome depends on the
strategies of all individuals
involved

Question 38

Communication= transmission and reception of signals between animals
and can either be :

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Visual, Chemical (Pheromones), Tactile, Auditory, or a STIMULUS-RESPONSE CHAIN -response to a stim. BECOMES the new stim. for the NEXT response-

Question 39

what is Kin selection:

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natrual selection that favours altruistic behaviours that benefits the genetic fitness of its relatives.

Question 40

inclusive fitness

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inclusive fitness is a method of measuring evolutionary success. It is the ability of an individual to transmit genes to the next generation