Innate Behaviors
What type of behavior is automatic, inherited, and triggered by a specific stimulus?
What is an innate behavior?
What type of behavior involves learning to respond to a situation or being taught a skill?
What is a learned behavior
What is the term for cooperative behavior among individuals within a species, often involving shared resources or tasks?
What is social behavior?
What is a fixed sequence of actions that are triggered by a specific stimulus and performed regardless of the situation?
What is a fixed action pattern?
What process is illustrated when a mouse explores different paths in a maze until it finds the fastest route?
What is trial and error learning?
What term describes an individual giving up their own reproduction to help raise the offspring of others?
What is altruism?
What term describes a directional movement towards or away from a stimulus, such as a light source?
What is taxis
What type of learning involves an animal observing the behavior of others and then imitating that behavior?
What is observational learning?
What is a complex social behavior where a group of organisms live and cooperate in a highly organized manner?
What is eusociality?
What innate behavior involves an animal speeding up or slowing down in response to a stimulus, but not necessarily in a specific direction?
What is kinesis?
What is a learning process in which an organism associates a specific stimulus with a specific response?
What is classical conditioning?
Give an example of a social behavior in animals.
Examples include honeybee swarming, a pack of wolves hunting together, or chimpanzees grooming each other.
Give an example of an innate behavior in animals.
Examples include digging out of the sand by sea turtle hatchlings, the bird song of zebra finches, or honeybees dancing to communicate food location.
Provide an example of a learned behavior in animals.
Examples include a dog learning a new trick, chimpanzees using tools, or birds learning a specific song.
What is the term for a specific type of social behavior where one animal displays its dominance over another?
What is dominance hierarchy