CHAPTER 17 NOTES 0.0 / 5 ? BiologyANIMAL BEHAVIOURAll LevelsAll boards Created by: ALK756Created on: 18-10-15 12:13 What is behaviour? Behaviour is coordinated activities of an animal that are produced in response to stimuli. 1 of 18 What is innate behaviour? Innate behaviour is not learned. These behaviours occur in response to specific stimuli called releasers. 2 of 18 What is learning? the modification of a behavioural response to a particular stimulus on the basis of previous experience. 3 of 18 What are the types of learning? Imprinting, Habituation, Associative, Trial and error, Observation and Insight. 4 of 18 What is movement? Organism moves to obtain food, shelter, interact with other animals 5 of 18 What is feeding behaviour? Behaviour to acquire food. 6 of 18 What is avoiding being caught? Maintaining a balance between feeding and not being food. 7 of 18 What is homeostatic behaviour? Behaviours which help to maintain a stable internal environment. 8 of 18 What is grooming and preening? Maintenance of outer surface 9 of 18 What is home-building? The building of shelter 10 of 18 What is territorial behaviour? Maintenance of a territory. 11 of 18 What are visual signals? Instantaneous and carry large amounts of information. E.g. poisonous frog's bright colours to warn predators. 12 of 18 What are sounds as signals? Sounds as signals travel over long distances very quickly, can be heard at day or night. 13 of 18 What is social behaviour? Communication within groups and can involve dominance. 14 of 18 What is culture? The passing of information from generation to generation by non-genetic means. ml 15 of 18 What is habituation? Gradual reduction of a response as an animal becomes accustomed to it. 16 of 18 What is observation learning? Learning to respond in a particular way by observing the behaviour of other individuals. 17 of 18 What is trial and error? A form of learning in which behaviour becomes modified as an animal remembers the outcome of an attempt. 18 of 18
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