Experiments Flashcards

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Tyson’s experiment with rats

A

breeding rats to be better or worse at maze task.
showed that hereditary had a partial determination on behavior

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Tinbergen’s experiment with stickleback fish and herring gull chicks:

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Male stickleback fish attack each other when their bellies become red
Red = releasing stimulus

Similarly, bb herring birds peck at the red peak to get food

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