Von Frisch

Question 1

What was the study called?

Answer 1

Von Frisch Bee Study

Question 2

What area of psychology is this study under

Answer 2

NVC and Animal Communication

Question 3

What year was the study?

Answer 3

1950

Question 4

(AIM) What was the aim?

Answer 4

How do bees communicate the location of a food source

Question 5

(METHOD) Was the EV controlled?

Answer 5

Not really

Question 6

(METHOD) Which bees were marked with paint?

Answer 6

Those that visited the sugar water

Question 7

(METHOD) What was observed?

Answer 7

The behaviour of the bees when they returned to the hive

Question 8

(METHOD) What was placed in different locations?

Answer 8

A glass of sugar

Question 9

(METHOD) Who were the participants?

Answer 9

The bees

Question 10

(METHOD) Was the IV controlled?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

(METHOD) What was different about the bees hive?

Answer 11

It had a glass side to allow observation

Question 12

(METHOD) What kind of experiment was this?

Answer 12

A field experiment

Question 13

(METHOD) Where did the experiment take place?

Answer 13

In the bees natural environment

Question 14

(RESULTS) What did the dance look like?

Answer 14

Straight line, abdomen waggled side to side then left circle, straight, right circle

Question 15

(RESULTS) What made the bees do the waggle dance?

Answer 15

If food was more than 100m away

Question 16

(RESULTS) What caused the straight part of the dance?

Answer 16

The food angle from the sun

Question 17

(RESULTS) What was the dance called?

Answer 17

The waggle dance

Question 18

(RESULTS) What made the bees circle to the right and then left?

Answer 18

If food was less than 100m away

Question 19

(RESULTS) What was the distance measured?

Answer 19

The number of turns made in 15 seconds

Question 20

(CONCLUSION) What did bees communicate to each other?

Answer 20

The distance and direction of food

Question 21

(CONCLUSION) What did bees use their movements for?

Answer 21

To communicate

Question 22

What makes the study reliable?

Answer 22

Results have been replicated

Question 23

What is wrong with using sugar water glass? What does this cause it to lack?

Answer 23

It is not natural for bees. Lacks ecological validity

Question 24

(EVALUATION) What was special about this study?

Answer 24

It was one of the first animal communication studies

Question 25

What did this study encourage?

Answer 25

Many more studies into animal communication