Instinctive vs learned behaviour

Question 1

Instinctive behavior ( innate)

Answer 1

• behavior shown in all normal species
• develops independently of the environmental context
• present at birth

Question 2

Instictive behaviour Examples:

Answer 2

• Parenting
• Mating
• Alarm calls
• Imprinting
• Feeding
• Predation
• Foraging
• Infant suckling animal
• infant primate will instinctively grasp the fur of its mother

Question 3

Fixed action patterns

Answer 3

‘hard wired’ a series or sequences of acts that occur behaviorally in animals.

Question 4

Learned behaviour

Answer 4

one that an organism develops as a result of experience.

Question 5

Types of learning

Answer 5

• Habituation
• Imprinting
• Association
• Imitation
• Problem Solving

Question 6

Habituation

Answer 6

Loss of a response to a stimulus after repeated exposure ( get used to something)

Question 7

Imprinting

Answer 7

Learning that is irreversible and limited to a sensitive time period in an animals life. Often results in a strong bond between offspring and parents

Question 8

Association

Answer 8

Behavioral changes resulting from a link between a behavior and a reward or punishment- trial and error learning
Classical conditioning is a form example is Pavlov’s experiment on the dog

Question 9

Imitation

Answer 9

Learning by observing and mimicking others known as parental or social teaching

Question 10

Problem Solving

Answer 10

Inventive behavior that arises in response to a new situation

Question 11

Classical conditioning

Answer 11

the animal learns to associate a previously unpaired stimuli - bell means come here

Question 12

Operant conditioning

Answer 12

The animal learns a novel response or action to get a reward or avoid a punishment

Question 13

Cultural behaviour

Answer 13

the adoption of a particular behaviour across groups