L2 Flashcards
Tinbergens questions: Name all 4.
(Hint: ABCDEF)
Function
Causation
Development
Evolution
Tinbergens questions: What is it? Function
What is the behaviour for?
Why does the animal do it?
Food? Warmth? Survival?
Tinbergens questions: What is it? Causation
What causes the behaviour?
How is it controlled?
Nerves, muscles, hormones, smell, sensory ext…
Tinbergens questions: What is it? Development
How did it develop in the individuals lifetime?
LEARNED? INNATE?
Tinbergens questions: What is it? Evolution
How did the behaviour evolve?
Why did this behaviour happen?
Natural selection? selective pressures or mutations? migration?
How do animals learn? Say at least 3
Observation
Trial and error
Teaching
Mimicry
Whats the behavioural learning process?
Behaviour
Feedback
Repeat