Behaviors
Consists of all the actions an organism performs
What is behavior?
an area that is occupied and defended by an animal or group of animals
What is territory?
A wolf tucks its tail under its hind end and lowers its ears on the back of its head while crouching down, this is and example of
Submission?
the process that leads to changes in behavior based on practice or experience
What is Learning?
A spider spins a web perfectly the first time, this is an example of
What is instinct?
All behaviors are responses to
What is stimuli?
threatening behavior that one animal uses to gain control over another.
What is aggression?
A bear stands up and roars at its opponent, the bear is showing what??
What is Aggression?
learning that a particular stimulus or response leads to a good or a bad outcome
What is conditioning?
the regular season on journey of an animal from one place to another and back again.
What is Migration?
A response to a stimulus that is inborn and an animal performs correctly the first time
What is Instinct?
What do animals compete with each other for?
What is food water shelter and mates?
a chemical released by one animal that affect the behavior of another animal of the same species
What is Pheremones?
the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period very early in life
What is Imprinting?
A state of greatly reduced body activity that occurs during the winter when food is scarce
What is Hibernation?
activities that prepare males and females of the same species for mating
What is Courtship behaviors?
Two reasons imprinting is important
Identify members of the same species, avoid predators
The three primary ways animals communicate with each other
What is Scent, Sound and Body Language?
when an animal learns to do a behavior through repeated practice, behavior that result in rewards and avoid behaviors that result in punishment
What is Trial-and-error learning?
These behaviors usually change over the course of a day or a season
What are Cyclic Behaviors?
because learned behaviors result from an animals experience, they are
not usually done perfectly the first time
Animals living in groups cooperate
What is to Survive?
a group of closely related animals of the same species that work together in a highly organized way
What is a Society?
when an organism solves a problem or learns how to do something new by applying with it already knows without a period of trial and error
What is insight learning?
behavior cycles that occur over a period of approximately one day
What are Cyclic Behaviors?