Simple Behaviours Flashcards
What is an innate behaviour?
Innate behaviour is a behaviour that an animal doesn’t have to learn
What can choice chambers be used to investigate?
Innate behaviours in small animals
What are the two environmental factors that could be in a chamber with woodlouse in?
The two factors are light and water
What is ethology?
Ethology is the study of animal behaviour
Who studied innate behaviour in gull chicks?
Niko Tinbergen
What did Niko Tinbergen find in his studies?
He found out that gull chicks peck at their parents beaks to ask for food. He tested different models of adults gull beaks to see which model the chicks would innately respond to and peck at the most frequently
What is imprinting?
Imprinting is a simple learned behaviour
What is a example of imprinting?
One example of imprinting is soon after hatching a gosling (young goose) learns to recognise its mother and will stay close to her.
