Ethology & Scientific Investigation
Scientific study of animal behavior
Ethology
Factor measured during an experiment
Dependent variable
Behavior that occurs naturally without teaching
innate behavior
Behavior developed through experience
Learned behavior
Behavior involving interaction or cooperation with other animal
Social behavior
A proposed explanation that can be tested( An educated guess)
A hypothesis
Best graph for showing changes over time
Line graph
Newborn sea turtle moves toward ocean without instruction
innate behavior
Bird copies another bird opening food
Observational learning
What is courtship?
Social behaviors that animals do to try to mate with other animals
What Is (CER)
claim
explanation
reasoning
Spider builds a web without being taught
Innate behavior because the behavior does not need to be learned.
Teaching a dog when to speak Learned or innate behavior ??
Learned training dog on when to speak
Two disadvantages of group living
Competition for food and increased disease transmission.
Factor intentionally changed in the pill bug experiment
Moisture level (independent variable)
Why use consistent observation intervals
To compare observations fairly and identify patterns over time
Why is innate behavior important?
It provides built-in responses that can help animals survive.
How does learned behavior help survival?
It helps animals adjust to changes, locate food, avoid danger, and use experience to make better decisions.
Group animals have protection but compete for food
What would these be consisdered ?
Social behavior has both advantages and disadvantages.
What change in environment is making things hard for some animals?
due to things like climate change some animals aren't able to quickly adpat to enviornments
What do the pill bug results suggest?
Pill bugs increasingly gathered on the moist side, suggesting a preference for moist conditions.
Animal is born with some behaviors but learns other skills
Innate and learned behaviors work together.
•If an animal is born knowing how to hunt but must learn which prey is easiest to catch, what does this tell you about the relationship between innate and learned behaviors?
Proves that one has to work with the other