1. Animal Behavior Behavior INNATE LEARNED SOCIAL
– anything an animal does in response to its environment
3 categories of Animal Behavior:
INNATE LEARNED SOCIAL
Innate Behavior
– a behavior performed correctly the first time an
animal does it. It does not have to be taught. Also called an instinct.
Example of Innate Behavior: A newborn suckling for food

2. Types of Innate Behavior
A. Taxis - The movement of an organism toward or away from a stimulus.
3 categories
Chemotaxis
Geotaxis –
Phototaxis -
response to chemicals
response to gravity
response to light
Positive: moving towards Negative: moving away
B. Migration – instinctive movements that occur on a seasonal cycle
Example:
Birds flying south for the winter

3. Types of Innate Behavior Cont...
c. Estivation-
state of reduced metabolism in conditions of extreme heat
Example: Lizards that live in desert
d. Hibernation –
state of reduced metabolism during the winter
Example: Bears hibernating in winter
Discovery ed video on hibernation

4. Another Type of Animal Behavior
2. Learned Behavior
– a behavior that must be taught
Types of Learned Behavior:
Habituation
Imprinting –
c. Classical Conditioning –
d. Trial and Error –
animal reduces or stops its response to a repetitive
stimulus.
form of learning where an animal forms a social attachment
to another object
learning by association, organism makes a
connection between stimulus and some
kind of reward or punishment
– learning in which an organisms takes a chance
on a behavior that results in a reward

5. What type of learned behavor is this???
Classical Conditioning: Pavlov’s dog

6. What type of behavior is this???
Imprinting: baby ducks following mother

7. What type of behavior is this???
Habituation
ex. Birds on a scarecrow

8. What type of behavior is this???
Trial and Error Behavior
Birds pecking at only edible objects.
Learning to make a basket, by trying to repeat the steps when you do it correctly.

9. Another Type of Animal Behavior
3. Social Behavior
the interaction between organisms
Types of Social Behavior:
Communication- The passing of information from one organism to another: 
(Visual, sound, touch)
Example: bees moving to indicate location of food 

10. Social Behavior Continued…..
b. Territoriality
– something an animal defends against,
it could be space, food or mates.
Video of lions marking territory and
communicating with roars (3min)
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11. Social Behavior Continued…..
c. Courtship Behavior-
behaviors males and females
carry out before mating.