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Animal Behavior Flashcards

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Ethology

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Study of animal behavior

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Behavior definition

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Action performed in response to stimulus (circular def, sorry)

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Stimulus definition

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Something that elicits a response (circular def, sorry)

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There are 12 stimuli, list a few

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  1. Sight
  2. Touch
  3. Smell
  4. Taste
  5. Sound
  6. Heat
  7. Light
  8. Chemicals
  9. Humidity
  10. Vibration
  11. Color
  12. Gravity
  13. Pressure
  14. Presence of another animal
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External stimulus

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Something outside the animal
- Sound, sight, smell, etc
- Presence of another animal

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Internal stimulus

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Something inside the animal
- Hunger, fatigue, feeling cold
- Hormones

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Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)

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A highly stereotypical, innate behavior that cont to completion after initiation by external stimulus

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Anthropomorphism

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Attributing human emotions to animals

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T/F: Animals have emotions, but not necessarily the same as ours

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True!

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Behavior development: Natural selection

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An animal that successfully completes a helpful behavior that survives to pass on the behavior to offspring.
- Those who give genes fit the conditions survive.

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Behavior development: Innate behavior

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Appear fully functional form when first performed
- Web building, suckling, bird begging
- Nest building, some bird songs
- Herding

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Behavior development: Learning (2)

IMPORTANT

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  1. Development of behaviors thru experience
  2. Determines final shape of innate behaviors
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Behavior development:
Learning
List the 6 types

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  1. Imprinting
  2. Habituation
  3. Classical conditioning
  4. Operant conditioning
  5. Reasoning
  6. Sensitization
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Imprinting (3)

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  1. Both innate & learned
  2. Occurs only during a critical time frame
  3. Once learned, cannot be changed
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Habituation

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Animal learns to ignore frequent, harmless stimulus.

Ex: Like how you do with the phones ringing at work

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Sensitization

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Increased response to stimuli with increased exposure
- Nail trim
- Submissive urination

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Classical conditioning

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Animal learns to associate unrelated response with a stimulus
- Pavlov’s experiment
- Bell rings -> food -> salivation
- Bell rings -> salivation even without food present

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Operant conditioning (2)

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  1. Animal learns to behave in a certain way thru repeated practice
  2. Trial & error learning: animal tests conditions for desired response
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The types of operant conditioning:
Positive reinforcement

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Give good item for good behavior

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The types of operant conditioning:
Positive punishment

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Give bad item for bad behavior

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The types of operant conditioning:
Negative reinforcement

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Remove a bad item for good behavior

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The types of operant conditioning:
Negative punishment

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Remove good item for bad behavior

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Foraging behavior

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  • Feeding
  • Locate, obtain, & consume food
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Parental care behavior

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  • Ensuring survival of young
  • Carrying, nursing, cuddling, holding young, guarding
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Courtship behavior

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  • Attracting a mate
  • Courtship displays, bright feathers, songs
  • Vocalizations, head butting, fighting
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Reproductive behavior

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  • Mating
  • Giving birth
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Offensive/Defensive behavior

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  • Aggression, submissive behavior
  • Defense from aggressors
  • Ex: hiding, fighting, escape, threatening
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Territorial behavior

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  • Protect a resource for exclusive use
  • Protection of mate/offspring
  • Space, food, or water source
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Social behavior

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  • Work to create alliances
  • Help the group:
    a. Grooming, babysitting
    b. Defense of musk ox young
    c. Play, play fight
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Migratory

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Moving to a more suitable environment as seasons change.
- Dry vs rainy seasons
- Winter vs summer
This can be done for breeding, browers & birds

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Communication behavior

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Signaling between one animal & another
- Greeting
- Alarm
- Aggression
- Non aggression
- Grooming
- Vocalizations

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Curiosity behavior

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Investigating new stimuli

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Elimination behavior

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Urination, defecation, vomiting

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Resting behavior

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Sleeping, basking

35
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PLAY! behavior

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Practice for life
- Hunting
- Defense
- Courtship

**This is a luxury for animal with ample food. Give any animal a toy, & it will play!!

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