Studied by 3 people
who studied the bee waggle dance?
von Frisch
what is the innate mechanism called ?
fixed action patten
what is something that triggers the innate responses in organisms ?
a sign stimulus
who studied the egg rolling behaviour of goose(fixed action pattern)?
Tinbergen
what is the stimulus that trigges the male sickleback fish to attack ?
the red belly coloration
what are the types of learned behaviours ?
1)imprinting
2)habituation
3)conditioning (associative learning)
4)insight (reasoning/ problem solving)
who discovered imprinting ?
lorenz
when does imprinting happen?
in a critical period of time early in an organism’s life
what is loss of response after being exposed to a stimulus repeatedly?
habituation
what is the type of learning behaviour in which one stimulus become linked to another through experience?
conditioning
what is this type of conditioning ?
classical conditioning
who discovered classical conditioning?
pavlov
what is the basis of animal training?
operant conditioning
who is operant conditioning attributed to?
B.F. Skinner
what is this type of conditioning?
operant conditioning
what is the use of past experiences and reasoning to solve problems?
insight
with whom does cooperation happen?
between relatives
what is an aggressive behaviour?
agonistic behaviour
what is the baheviour that reduces an indivual reproductive fitness while increasing he fitness of group or family?
altruism / kin-selection
what occurs when an animal engages in self-sacrificial bahviour tha benefits the genetic fitness of its relatives ?
kin selection
what are alarm calls and vampire bats feeding other bats with its own blood examples of ?
altruism
what are examples of communication between animals?
1)visual
2)auditory
3)chemical(involving pheromones)
4)tactile(touch)
5)olfactory(smell)
6)gustatory(taste )
what is a chemical that an animal produces which changes the behaviour of another animal of the same species ?
pheromones
in what things does pheromones play a role in ?
sexual attraction and copulatory behaviour
what is it when a species can change thir colour or pattern to match its enviroment to blend in ?
camouflage
what is it when a harmles creature makes itself look more dangerous ?
mimicry
what is a form of movement behaviour that involves movement towards or away from a stimulus ?
taxis
can plants have taxis ?
no, plants cant move
what is the movement in response to light?
phototaxis
what is movement in response to chemical signals?
chemotaxis
what is movement in response to gravity ?
geotaxis
what are animals the has a constant internal body temperature ?
endotherms
what are examples of endotherms ?
mammals and birds
how do endotherms keep their body temp constant?
by inctreasing metablolic heat production
what are animals whose body temp depends on external enviroment?
ectotherms
who are the ectotherms ?
fish, amphibian, and reptiles
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