1. Animal Behavior Mrs. Rightler

2. Methods of Study Comparative psychology Ethology Behavioral ecology Sociobiology

3. Instinct Basic set of behaviors present at birth May need a trigger Behavior improves or changes with experience

4. Maturation Behavior seen after a period of development has occurred Improvement or change not based on experience but on time Ex. Tadpole swimming techniques

5. Imprinting Konrad Lorenz Critical time period ONLY Young animal develops attachment to another animal or object Rapid learning

6. Learning

7. Habituation Animal trained to ignore stimuli Dog examples

8. Classical Conditioning Pavlov’s dog Animal learns to respond to particular stimuli Basic obedience training

9. Instrumental Conditioning Trial-and-error learning Skinner Box Behavior can be “shaped”

10. Latent Learning Exploratory learning No obvious reward Helps animal learn about its surroundings

11. Insight Learning Animal uses experiences and thinking to solve problems. Tool use Primates

12. Behavior is Controlled by: Nervous system Endocrine system –Organizational effects –Activational effects

13. Animal Communication Transfer of information from one animal to the other (both must be mutually adapted) Visual Auditory Tacticle Chemical