introduction to animal behaviour

Question 1

define animal behaviour

Answer 1

the way animals move and interact with their physical and social environment

Question 2

how is animal behaviour studied

Answer 2

studied as repeatable, definable, recognisable units

Question 3

what did Niko Tinbergen 1903-1989 study

Answer 3

the graylag goose always retrieves an egg that has been bumped out her nest in the same manner in a fixed pattern carrying the sequence to completion

Question 4

who won the nobel prize in physiology or medicine 1973

Answer 4

Karl von Frisch
Konrad Lorenz
Nikolaas Tinbergen

Question 5

what was discovered about honey bee behaviour

Answer 5

they conduct a dance which is at an angle at which the bees move is about the direction of the food source in relation to the sun = dancing in a figure of 8

Question 6

what are the different types of ways to study animal behaviour

Answer 6

experimental psychology
comparative psychology
biological psychology

Question 7

what is the difference between proximate explanations and ultimate explanations

Answer 7

ultimate are concerned with the fitness or consequence of a trait and whether or not it is selected (evolutionary history and function)

proximate is concerned with the mechanisms which underpin the trait or behaviour ( development and mechanisms)

Question 8

what are the different approaches to ethology

Answer 8

1) empirical approach
2) theoretical approach
3) conceptual approach

Question 9

what is meant by optimal foraging theory

Answer 9

a behavioural ecology model which helps predict how an animal behaves when searching for food