Animal Behavior: Response to Environmental Variables Background/Abstract: Ethology is the science based on animal behavior. Many animal behaviors involve the movement of animals within its own environment. Inherited traits are traits that an animal is born with and learned behaviors are what an animal learns on its own to adapt to the surroundings. Innate behaviors like breathing and learned behaviors are talking or walking. Pill bugs are the animals we observed in the lab. Pill bugs are a family
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I. Title Laboratory 11. Animal Behavior II. Purpose The purpose of the animal behavior lab was to understand the concept of distributing organisms in a resource gradient. This lab was also made to help us differentiate between kinesis and taxis. After completing the animal behavior lab‚ we should be able to describe aspects of animal behavior as far as its orientation behavior‚ agonistic behavior‚ dominance display‚ and the way it mates or who it chooses to mate with. We should also understand
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An animals behavior is its response to external and internal stimuli Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour‚ particularly in natural environments. Behavioral ecology is the study of the ecological and evolutionary basis for animal behavior A fixed action pattern is a sequence of unlearned‚ innate behaviors that is unchangeable - red stickle back fish Oriented movement- environmental cues can trigger movement in a particular direction Kinesis- simple change in activity
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Informational Interview Donna K. Lane Animal Behaviorist Psych3210 Summer‚ 2014 HYPERLINK mailtoDlane21@capellauniversity.edu Dlane21@capellauniversity.edu Dr. Celeste Hill Introduction When I started my courses in the field of Psychology‚ I had no idea how much it went side by side with the field of employment I hope to obtain in the future. Animals and Psychology have always been my two favorite studies. I didnt realize until after doing research and an informational interview‚ just how much
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I. Definition of Animal Behavior: Any observable thing an animal does a. Covers broad range of activities from involuntary muscle movements to animal intelligence an social behavior b. Why? i. Exploit animals more efficiently 1. Want to domesticate animals 2. Use as food ii. Protect and conserve animals better iii. Academic reasons c. What kinds of questions? iv. Mechanistic: how? v. Evolutionary: Survival
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Outline of Lecture Notes for Sept. 9 What is Animal Behaviour? Scientific study of how and why animals behave the way they do Uses both evolutionary theory and behavioural physiology Why study animal behaviour? Establish general rules regulating behaviour Determine how best to preserve endangered animals Control economically important pests Develop better conditions for domestic animals and animals in zoos Cane Toads in Australia Ecological disaster due to lack of understanding of
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Pill Bugs Attraction to Colored Lights Introduction: This experiment was conducted to see which colored light pill bugs would prefer more out of red‚ blue‚ yellow‚ and green lights. If pill bugs went to the green and yellow lights more than the blue and red lights‚ then this means they like brighter lights more than gloomier lights. For the experimental group‚ the colors used were blue‚ red‚ yellow‚ and green. The controlled group was the middle chamber. It got regular light from the classroom. The
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believe that humans and animals behave more naturally in their own environment. Laboratory studies are good in that experimenter can simulate certain situations to see how animals react and express themselves. They allow experimenters to acquire more precise measurements and data‚ due to the fact that there is a controlled environment. That being said‚ I still believe that we can learn more from field studies rather than laboratory studies. In a field study‚ the animal is more likely to behave
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sexual orientations could be found in animals other than humans. Well‚ the answer was “yes”. But sexual orientation is just a bit of the big whole called sexual behavior. That is why in this occasion I am going to talk about animal sexual behavior. To put you in context‚ the study of animal sexuality is a rapidly developing field. It used to be believed that only humans and a handful of other species performed sexual acts other than for procreation‚ and that animals’ sexuality was instinctive. Current
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Maria J. Gaytan Animal Behavior Project Biology Period 1st/2nd Due December 1‚ 2014 The Great Chimpanzees Chimps also known as chimpanzees are the one of the closest living relatives to the humans. Chimpanzees and human beings are said to have an ancestor that lived about four to eight million years ago. Chimps are mammals‚ providing with an omnivore diet .In the wild their average lifespan is up to forty-five years in the wild. They are in size four to five point five and can possibly weight
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