Behaviors

Why is behaviors important?

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• Behaviors help us to understand actions
• Gives ability to predict future responses

Innate Behavior

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• Is the animals instinct
• Has the ability to preform a task without previous experience

Examples??

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• Baby sea turtles have the instinct to move towards the ocean directly after being hatched

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• WHEN A CATERPILLAR MAKES HIS COCOON,
• THEY HAVE NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
• YET THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO

Learned Behavior

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• This type is acquired from experience
• Animals remember for the next time they have to perform an action

EXAMPLES??

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• Teaching a dog to sit
• This action is learned over time by repetition

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• A gorilla learning sign language
• Consistent practice with a trainer
• Over time learned to sign

COURTSHIP

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• Strategy to find healthy mates
• Allows reproduction and passing of genes

BIRDS

• Birds will sing to attract mates
• Display of bright feathers and unique characteristics
• Flamigos use displays as their courtship
• Male Purple Martins sing special songs for mates

TRIAL AND ERROR

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• Animals will repeat actions
• And realize different effects
• Some actions are rewarding amd others are not

DOGS

• Taking a object away from a dog
• Repetition of this will teach them it is bad

INSIGHT

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• Reasoning is used
• The most common example is humans
• Insight is used to solve math problems

IMPRINTING

LEARNS TO FOLLOW FIRST FAMILIAR SIGHT

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• Goslings following humans like their mother
• Kittens being raised by other animals
• These behaviors come from first familiar faces

MIGRATION

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• Geese migrating from Canada during winter
• Butterflies flying Deep South to tropical weather

CLASSICAL CONDITIONING

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• Dogs learning sign for meal time

DOMINANCE

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• Protecting a group
• An animal marking his territory for protection

HABITATION

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• Bees inhabiting a hive
• Fish and aquatic organisms in water