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FAPs

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Fixed action patterns

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What, by definition, is a FAP?

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Requires no learning

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What is an example of an FAP in birds of paradise

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Birds of paradise courtship display.

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What are the triggers of the bird of paradise courtship dance?

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Certain age
Mating season
Female in territory

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What are the key things about an FAP

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No learning. does it the first time.

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What is a fixed/modal action pattern

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A behaviour or sequence of behaviours that requires no learning

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What are the characteristics of an FAP

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  1. done right the first time
  2. triggered by releasors
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What are some examples of FAPs

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  1. nursing in mammals
  2. pouncing on moving objects in cats
  3. food guarding in wolves
  4. Lying motionless when alone in fawns
  5. Copulatory behaviours
  6. Urine marking postures in mammals
  7. Egg laying sequences in turtles
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Can FAPs be refined?

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Yes. they can be refined over time wt learning and rehersal

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Why don’t all adult male dogs leg-lift

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FAPs in domesticated species are hit or miss

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Why are FAPs in domestic species hit or miss?

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The selective pressures that maintained the behaviour in the species ancestors are often relaxed

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What are 3 factors that exert natural selection pressures?

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  1. Environmental factors that influence fitness
  2. Forces that make living things more or less likely to live or die, and to reproduce or not
  3. Things such as climate, food availability, disease-causing organisms, competition etc.
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What are the two kinds of selection pressure

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Natural selection
Sexual selection

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What is natural selection?

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Get enough to eat, avoid being eaten, avoid injury and disease

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What is sexual selection?

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successful reproduction

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