Animal Behavior

Animal Behavior

1. Experiment about learning

   • imprinting
     • the establishment of a long lasting behavioral response to a particular individual or object
   • spatial learning
     • the establishment of a memory that reflects the environment's spacial structure
     • cognitive map
       • a representation in an animal's nervous system of the spacial relationships between objects in its surroundings
   • associative learning
     • the ability to associate one environmental feature with another
   • social learning
     • a type of learning through observing others

2. Bird Migration

   • migration
     • a regular, long-distance change in location
   • circannual rhythms
     • behavioral rhythms linked to the yearly cycle of rhythms
   • circadian clock
     • an internal mechanism that maintains a 24 hour activity rhythm or cycle

3. Examples of types of animal behavior

   • stickleback fish
     • male stickleback fish will attack another fish if it has a red underbelly in order to protect its nesting territories
   • warning call
     • some species put themselves at risk by making a call that warns others, but puts them at risk
   • European Honeybee Experiment
     • students observed bee communication through movement, later known as "dance language"
     • Round dance
       • the bee moves in tight circles and moves its abomen from side to side, signals nearby food

4. Mating Behavior

   • Monogomy
     • one male mates with one female
   • Polygamy
     • an individual of one sex mating with several of the other
   • Polyandry
     • when one female mates with many males