Behavior and Evolution

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Behavior is an Organism's response to changes in its environment, which helps it survive.
Innate behavior is not learned, it is instinctive. It can either be a simple reflex or complicated behavior.
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Stimulus
A stimulus is a detectable change in environment.
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Habituation
Keep giving an animal a stimulus (which is not beneficial or harmful), it quickly learns not to respond to it. By ignoring these, the animal can spend time and energy more effciently.
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Imprinting
Imprinting is when an animal learns to recognise its parents and instinctively follow them.
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Classical Conditioning
Animal learns passively (without trying) which is a neutral stimulus and what is a important one. Example Pavlov - behavior of dogs.
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Operant Conditioning
Trial and error, learns action by reward or punishment.E.g. Children rewarded for behavior - has to work out what is going on.
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Animal Communication by sound, visual signals and chemicals (pheromones)
Communication Beneficial because animals can group and hunt together and warn each other. Also evoke emotions and distress.
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Mating Behavior. To attract mate a lot of animals sing songs, making calls, doing a dance or ritual and show territory. The more extravagant, louder and prettier the better.
Monogamy- 1 mate, increase bond between male and female. Polygamy- more than 1 mate, often best adapted male mates with the most females.
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Parental care offers protection, food and life skills.
Looking after young increased survival and allows the genes of the next generation to be passed on. Chance of survival increases.
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Co- evolution is where 2 organisms evolve in response to each other,
E.g. plants and their insect pollinators, plants and the insects that eat them.
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A stimulus is a detectable change in environment.

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Keep giving an animal a stimulus (which is not beneficial or harmful), it quickly learns not to respond to it. By ignoring these, the animal can spend time and energy more effciently.

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Imprinting is when an animal learns to recognise its parents and instinctively follow them.

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Animal learns passively (without trying) which is a neutral stimulus and what is a important one. Example Pavlov - behavior of dogs.

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