EcD4 AC: Animal Behavior and Ethograms

An ethogram is a study of a particular animal and their unique patterns of behavior. Check out this video on animal behavior. Match the vocabulary from the video Innate Behavior Instinctual behavior that is genetically pre-programmed for survival Fixed Action Pattern A series of actions that is always continued to completion after a stimuli Imprinting An innate behavior that occurs during a critical period -such as following a mother figure Associative Learning Association of stimuli with an effect... like Pavlovs dogs. Let's put it into context Match the example with its type of learning Innate Behavior A baby instinctively grabbing onto an object Imprinting A rat that only sees one person and now follows it thinking it's their mother Associative Learning Learning to do something more often based off earning praise Ethology Greylag Geese are a type of bird that lay eggs. If their eggs roll out of their nest they will reach out and roll the egg back into the safety of the nest.In the video below you will see a goose rolling different items back into it's nest.The item acts as the stimulus.The goose rolling the item is the behavior response. What behavior do you think the goose is portraying? In your answer please explain why you chose that behavior.Innate Behavior, Fixed Action Pattern, Imprinting, or Associative Learning