Animal behaviour intro
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Ethology
study of animal behavior
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Classical conditioning in animal behaviour
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov - e.g. food causes salivation in dogs - bell = food = salivation - at the end bell = salivation
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Proximate
things that happen immediately around you - stimuli e.g. temperature
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Ultimate
the best strategy or solution to achieve the trait required - the evolutionary adaptations/selection pressures
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Empirical
based on observation or experiment
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Who founded ethology?
Tinbergen, Lorenz, von Frisch
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what are the 4 fundamental questions in behaviour?
How does the trait emerge across lifespan?
How does the trait work?
How did the trait evolve?
Why is the trait adaptive?
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