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Introduction to Behavior |
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Innate Behavior A. Taxis B. Kinesis C. Reflex D. Instinct E. Releasers of Instinctive Behavior |
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Learned Behavior and Reasoning A. Habituation B. Imprinting C. Conditioning D. Trial and Error Learning E. Reasoning |
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IV. |
Social Behavior in Insect Societies: The Honeybee |
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Social Behavior in Vertebrates A. Agonistic Behavior B. Reproductive Behavior C. Parental Behavior D. Cooperative Behavior |
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VI. |
Biological Clocks |
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VII. |
Mimicry |
The Five Components of Animal Behavior
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Taxes - A Taxis is a movement of the entire animal in
response to a particular stimulus. |
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Reflexes - A reflex is a response of a specific body part
(e.g., an organ) to a specific stimulus and involves a reflex arc. |
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Instincts - An instinct is an inherited, encoded sequence
of a fixed action pattern. |
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Learning - Learning is an adaptive modification of behavior toward a stimulus that can be traced to a specific experience in an animal's life with that same stimulus or a similar one, or learning is a more or less permanent change in behavior as a result of experience. |
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Reasoning - Reasoning is the ability to choose from alternatives that are represented in the mind and evaluated, i.e., the ability to solve problems and formulate concepts. |
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