Basic Animal Behavior

Question 1

4 basic reasons why animals behave

Answer 1

1. To Find food
2. To interact in social groups
3. To avoid predators
4. To reproduce

Question 2

Animal behaviors usually are strategies for ___________.

Answer 2

Survival

Question 3

Study of animal behavior

Answer 3

Ethology

Question 4

The way an animal reacts to the certain stimulus with activity or inactivity

Answer 4

Behavior

Question 5

Something that elicits a response

Answer 5

Stimulus

Question 6

2 types of Stimuli and definition

Answer 6

External Stimulus(outside e.g sound, smell, sight etc.)
Internal Stimulus(inside e.g hunger, fatigue, feeling cold, hormones)

Question 7

Attributing human emotions and need to be careful about ascribing human emotions to animals

Answer 7

Anthropomorphism

Question 8

Social behavior occurs in every culture, genetically determined.

Answer 8

Cultural Universals

Question 9

Systematic study of a biological bases of all social behaviors in animals.

Answer 9

Sociobiology

Question 10

3 causes behavioral responses in animals

Answer 10

1. Heredity(internal factors)
2. Learning experiences(external factors)
3. Intelligence(interaction of 1to2)

Question 11

Give heredity produces response in several ways

Answer 11

Affects the growth and development of body parts such us sensory or motor organs
All animals have brain and domestic
Genes

Question 12

Animals show fixed behavioral responses when subjected to certain environmental stimuli

Answer 12

Experience and learning

Question 13

The ability of animals to learn to adjust successfully to environmental situations

Answer 13

Intelligence

Question 14

4 types of learning in animals

Answer 14

1. Habituation
2. Conditioning(classical and operant)
3. Insight Learning
4. Imprinting

Question 15

Animal learned not to respond to a stimulus e.g. “cry-wolf”

Answer 15

Habituation

Question 16

Associative learning between normal body condition and a new stimulus e.g. dog salvation with a ringing bell

Answer 16

Classical conditioning

Question 17

Animal learns to behave in a certain way through repeated practice e.g. rat pressed lever, gets food

Answer 17

Operant Conditioning

Question 18

Animal solves a problem, most complex type of learning)

Answer 18

Insight learning

Question 19

Learning at a specific critical time and forms social attachments to another, following the mother

Answer 19

Imprinting

Question 20

Give 13 types of behavior

Answer 20

Foraging
Parental care
Courtship
Reproductive
Offensive/Defensive
Territorial
Social
Migratory
Communication
Curiosity
Elimination
Resting
Play

Question 21

Behavior associated with recognizing, searching, capturing, consuming food. Food habits are part of the animals niche

Answer 21

Foraging

Question 22

Ensuring survival of young

Answer 22

Parental care

Question 23

4 modes in development with birds

Answer 23

Superaltricial
Altricial
Precocial
Superprecocial

Question 24

Attracting a mate

Answer 24

Courtship

Question 25

Behaviors of animal

Answer 25

Reproductive

Question 26

Different kind of mating system

Answer 26

Polygamy(more than one mate during breeding season) Promiscuity(males and females have multiple mates) Polygyny( males mate with more than one female) Polyandry(female mate with more than one male)

Question 27

Aggression, submissive behavior, defense from aggressors e.g flight, hide,escape

Answer 27

Offensive/ defensive

Question 28

Protect the resources

Answer 28

Territorial

Question 29

Work to create alliances, help the group

Answer 29

Social

Question 30

Movement to a more sustainable environment as seasons change

Answer 30

Migratory

Question 31

Signaling between one animal and another

Answer 31

Communication

Question 32

Why animals communicate?

Answer 32

Defense(warn away) Alliance(get helper or mate) Elicit play

Question 33

Methods that animals used

Answer 33

Auditory Visual Tactile Chemical(pheromones) Electrical

Question 34

Bark, growl, snort, howl, hoot, chirp, whinny, alarm sound, other language

Answer 34

Vocalization

Question 35

Head, body, ear, tail, showing teeth, smilling etc

Answer 35

Non-verbal signaling

Question 36

Investigating new stumulus in environment

Answer 36

Curiosity/investigative

Question 37

Urination and defecation

Answer 37

Elimination

Question 38

Apparent inaction

Answer 38

Resting

Question 39

The purpose is a training for life defense, hunting etc.

Answer 39

Play