.:*Animal Behavior*:.

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.Animal Behavior.

• By Michaela

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.Why do Animals Behave as they do?.

• Behavior- consists of all the actions an animal
  performs
• Stimulus- a signal that causes an organism to
  react in some way
• Response- the reaction of the organism to
  stimulus

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.Types of Behavior.

• Inherited Behaviors- passed down through
  genetics.
• Innate Behavior- All inherited behaviors of an
  animal
• Instinct- an inborn behavior pattern that the
  animal performs correctly the first time.
• Instincts do not need to be learned
• Learning- process that leads to change in
  behavior as a result of practice or experience.
• Conditioned- learning associates or connects a
  stimulus with a good or bad event.

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.Types of Behavior Continued.

• Trial Error- learning occurs through repeated
  practice.
• Example. Learning to ride a bike!
• Insight- learning occurs when a problem is solved
  in the mind without trial and error.
• Imprinting- involves both instinct learning and
  occurs when newborn animals learns to follow the
  first object it sees.
• We discussed what if a baby chic saw a red ball
  rolling down the hill as the first thing it saw.
  The baby chic would think its a red ball rolling
  down the hill!

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.Patterns of Behavior.

• Aggression used to compete for limited resources.
  Ex. Food and Shelter
• Territories- established to exclude competing
  members of the same species.

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.Patterns of Behavior Continued.

• Courtship- ensures males and females of the same
  species, they recognize one another and then
  mate.
• Cooperation- as a group can have survival
  advantage in protection, getting food etc.
• Society- a group of closely related animals of
  the same working together for the benefit of the
  whole group.

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.Patterns of Behavior Continued.

• Imprinting- involves both instinct learning and
  occurs when newborn animals learns to follow the
  first object it sees.
• We discussed what if a baby chic saw a red ball
  rolling down the hill as the first thing it saw.
  The baby chic would think its a red ball rolling
  down the hill!

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.What type of Behavior is this?.

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.Answer.

• The dog was showing a Conditioned Behavior. That
  is how the behavior is learned.

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.Communication.

• Communication- many different methods of animal
  communication.
• Chemicals (pheromones)
• Sounds
• Body Posture
• The Bee Wiggle Dance communicates the direction
  and distance to a food source for bees.
• The way animals communicate between themselves is
  different depending on the animal.

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.The Bee Wiggle Dance!.

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• .The End.