Nobel Prize Trio

Question 1

Who won the noble prizes that we learned about in class?

Answer 1

Karl von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz, Nikolaas Tinbergen

Question 2

Tinbergen

Answer 2

4 Levels of Analysis, work on gull communication, digger wasps

Question 3

Konrad Lorenz

Answer 3

Ducks imprinting

Question 4

Karl von Frisch

Answer 4

Incredibly crisp experiments, bee color vision

Question 5

What were the two serious errors Karl von Frisch made about a waggle dance’s message?

Answer 5

He underestimated the info content of bee dances: No info about direction or distance, and he misinterpreted the info content of bee dances: food type instead of food location

Question 6

What is the message of a waggle dance?

Answer 6

Alert! Desirable food available at a certain angle relative to the sun’s direction, and at a certain distance from the hive.
1. Angle of waggle run indicates direction
2. Duration of waggle run indicated distance

Question 7

What were Konrad Lorenz’s observations?

Answer 7

1. In the wild, animals are always in “peak” performance
2. In domesticated animals, get “abnormal” behaviors, like excessive feeding and mating

Question 8

Who joined the Nazi party?

Answer 8

Konrad Lorenz

Question 9

What are common garden experiments?

Answer 9

An experiment to test the effect of environment by moving two species from their native environments into common environment

Question 10

Does domestication really remove selection pressures?

Answer 10

Yes, organisms typically have to invest in survival, growth, and reproduction

Question 11

Who did no win a Nobel prize?

Answer 11

Martin Lindauer