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Animal Behavior
- Ethology is the scientific study of animal behavior.
- A fixed action pattern (FAP) is an innate, highly stereotypic behavior pattern. The behavior is performed in response to an external stimulus and continued to completion.
- Learning is the process by which an animals behavior and response to stimuli are modified as a result of experience.
- Habituation is a reduction in response by an animal to repeated exposure to a stimulus.
- Associative learning occurs when a certain stimulus becomes associated with another stimulus or outcome through experience. Classical conditioning and operant conditioning are types of associative learning.
- Imprinting is learning that occurs during a particular age or stage of life that causes a behavior that is independent of the outcome.
- Social behavior is the interaction among two or more individuals of the same species. Types of social learning include cooperation, agnostic behavior, dominance hierarchies, territoriality and altruism.
- A stimulus transmitted from one individual to another is a signal. The exchange of signals is communication.
- Foraging is food-obtaining behavior and includes finding, storing and hunting for food.
Animal Behavior
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- Intro
- Introduction to Animal Behavior
- Fixed Action Pattern
- Learning
- Habituation
- Associative Learning
- Classical
- Operant Conditioning
- Positive & Negative Reinforcement
- Positive & Negative Punishment
- Extinction
- Imprinting
- Social Behavior
- Communication
- Mating
- Foraging
- Movement
- Lunar Cycles
- Example 1: Types of Conditioning
- Example 2: Match the Following Terms to their Descriptions
- Example 3: How is the Optimal Foraging Model Used to Explain Foraging Behavior
- Example 4: Learning

































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