Types of Behavior

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Types of Behavior
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Behavior

• Behavior the way an organism interacts with
  other organisms and its environment.
• Example Wolves are pack animals by nature. They
  must work together to survive.

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Stimulus

• Stimulus anything in the environment that causes
  a reaction.
• It can be external or internal.
• Example An external stimulus could be a rival
  male entering another males territory.
• Example An internal stimulus could be hunger or
  thirst.

Battle at Kruger VIDEO
http//www.youtube.com/watch?vLU8DDYz68kM
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Innate Behavior

• Innate Behavior A behavior an animal is born
  with.
• These behaviors are inherited.
• An instinct is an example of an innate behavior.

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Reflex Actions

• Reflex An automatic response that does not
  involve a message from the brain.
• Example Sneezing, shivering, yawning, jerking
  your hand away from a hot surface, and blinking
  your eyes when something is thrown toward you.

Video on Reflex
http//www.youtube.com/watch?v9c7-WnKcLVk
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Instincts

• Instincts complex patterns of innate behavior.
• Begins when the animal recognizes a stimulus and
  continues until all parts of the behavior have
  been performed.
• Example a spider spins a complicated web
  correctly the first try.

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Learned Behavior

• Learned Behavior Behaviors learned through
  experiences throughout a lifetime.
• Example organisms learn which organisms can be
  harmful to them.

Orcas learning to hunt
http//www.youtube.com/watch?vp3xmqbNsRSk
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Imprinting

• Imprinting occurs when an animal forms a social
  attachment to another organism within a specific
  time period after birth or hatching.
• Example a mother and her baby.

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Trial and Error

• Trial and Error refers to behavior that is
  modified by experiences.
• Example chickens pecking grain, riding a bike
  and tying a shoe are examples of trial and error.

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Conditioning

• Conditioning when behavior is modified so that a
  response to one stimulus becomes associated with
  a different stimulus.
• Example Pavlovs Dog, YOU leaving when the bell
  rings.

DEMO
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Insight

• Insight is a form of reasoning that allows
  animals to use past experiences to solve new
  problems.
• Example child stacking books to reach for object
  that is too high. Using old math techniques to
  figure out new math problems.