When a paramecium wanders around randomly looking for food, this is an example of this kind of behavior.
What is kinesis?
100
When an octopus watches another octopus open a box or a jar and get food out of it, and then does the same thing himself, this is an example of this type of behavior.
What is imitation?
100
When a cat comes running to the kitchen every time it hears a can opener working because it has learning to associate the sound of the can opener with getting food, this is an example of this type of learning.
What is classical conditioning?
200
When a male deer is attracted to a female deer because of pheromones and heads directly toward her, this is an example of this behavior.
What is chemotaxis?
200
When a newborn zebra becomes attached to its mom or the other herd members around it, this is an example of this type of behavior.
What is imprinting?
200
When a child gets a reward for eating her vegetables, this will increase the likelihood that she will eat her vegetables. This process of learning is an example of this.
What is operant conditioning?
300
Hunger, thirst and pain are examples of this type of stimuli.
What are some examples of internal stimuli?
300
When baby leatherback sea turtles hatch and head toward the ocean, this is an example of this type of behavior.
What is an instinct?
300
When a wolf pack defends an area where there is food that the wolves can eat, this is an example of this.
What is territoriality?
400
If you look at LED lights, such as on your iPad or iPhone, before going to sleep, this could disrupt this cycle.
What is the circadian rhythm?
400
When people feed squirrels at a park and the squirrels lose their innate fear of humans, this is an example of this type of behavior.
What is habituation?
400
A starling (bird) gathers a certain amount of larvae in its beak for its babies. It will stop gathering larvae when it can hold no more or when gathering more would cause others to drop out. This is an example of this type of feeding behavior.
What is optimal foraging?
Source for question: Optimal Foraging Theory: Wikipedia
500
Changes in the length of the days cause changes in the brains of birds that make the birds hungrier than usual and this is why they do this before they migrate.
What is gain weight for the long flight?
500
When an object is near the nest of a Greylag Goose, she will roll the object into her nest even if it is not round and is a different color than her eggs. This is an example of this type of behavior.
What is a fixed action pattern?
500
When helper birds help their relatives' offspring survive, this is an example of this.