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Question | Answer |
Behavior | conduct towards others; usually expressed as a movement of muscles, sometimes in the activity of the glands |
Plants | Growth, swelling, and turgor movements directed by specific stimuli |
System Naturae | 1758 |
Orgin of species | 1859 |
Ethology | Study of total movements made by intact animal under nervous control |
Father of Ecology | Konrad Lorenz European Study of Instinct 1951 Ethology |
Student of Konrad | Niko Tinbergen |
Comparative Psychology | o Psychology (comparing behavioral processes) o American- JD Watson: Behaviorism 1924 o Rats and guinea pigs o Lab studies o Learning (nurture) |
Behaviorism 1924 | American- JD Watson |
Paradigm | framework on which to organize info o Chemistry: periodic table o Biology: Evolution |
• Appetitive behavior | variable searching behavior for a stimulus |
• Consumitory behavior | stereotypic behavior in response to finding the stimulus |
Behavioral hierarchy | Fighting (might involve: chasing, threatening, biting, etc.) Nest building (searching, digging, etc.) Care of offspring |
• Action Specific Energy | An energy Lorenz postulated |
• Vacuum Behavior | o Rat will make nest even if no nesting material is present o Energy must be released, has built up |
Drive | the force behind seeking a consumitory action |
Motivation | the amount of drive behind an appetitive behavior |
Stickleback | When reproduces: male guards nest and when female approaches she gets more afraid and retreats, and repeats this making it the “zig-zag” dance |
Simultaneous behavior | Cat may want to attack so sneaks forward but hind legs going quicker than front legs, so back arches |
Redirected behavior | One drive suppresses the other Bird may want to warn human but will redirect attack towards another bird |
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