Animal Behavior

Use the notes to help you on this worksheet. Explain the difference between an innate behavior and a learned behavior. Identify each example below as an innate behavior or learned behavior. Innate Behavior Suckling Taxis Migration Hibernation Estivation Learned Behavior Habituation Imprinting Trial and Error Conditioning Explain the idea of classical conditioning. You can use Pavlov's dogs as an example to help you explain. You must discuss the stimulus and response for full credit. Match each type of social behavior to its correct definition. Pheromones Chemicals that trigger a response in a member of the same species (aggression, sex, alarm, etc.) Territorial Organisms protects his resources from an invading member. May show aggression and fight. Courtship Organism sends out specific stimuli to attract a member of the opposite sex Classify each of the behaviors below as innate, learned or soical. Innate Humans jump when hearing a sudden noise Wildebeests cover thousands of miles each year in migration Newborn infant makes a suckling motion to latch on to mom for milk Learned Toads avoid eating bees which sting them Cats salivate at the sound of a can opener Baby ducks imprint on the first organism they see when they hatch Social A large male baboon stares at another male, then opens his mouth to reveal his teeth A crane spreads his wings and dances around his potential mate A dog scent-marking a tree with urine A calf has just been born in a pasture. Within one hour, the calf is suckling on the mother's teat. What type of behavior is this? learned social innate A cat is placed into a crate with only one way out. If the cat presses on a certain spot, the door opens. When the cat is returned to the crate, the cat presses on several spots unit it again opens the door. After several trials, the cat quickly finds and presses the spot to open the door. Which type of behavior is the cat exhibiting? instinct conditioning habituation social behavior Like other insects, ants perceive smells with their long, thin and mobile antennae. Since most ants live on the ground, they use the soil surface to leave pheromone trails that can be followed by other ants. Which of the following best explains the social behavior illustrated in ants? The use of pheromones for territorial defense The use of courtship dances for reproduction The use of pheromones for communication The use of hormones for innate behavior