Ethology
The study of animal behavior
Learned Behavior
Depends on experience
Innate Behavior
Inherited, exhibited by nearly all individuals
Orientation
An organisms body position relative to external stimulus
Taxis
Animals move directly toward or away form a stimulus; Highly active in “normal” state.
Positive or Negative;
Brine Shrimp
Kinesis
Animals move randomly in response to environmental stimuli; Move rapidly when in an unfavorable environment; Move slower when in a favorable environment;
Sowbugs