1. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

2. What is Behavior? Anything an animal does in response to a stimulus
Stimulus: environmental change that directly influences an organism

3. Internal Environmental Stimulus
A stimulus that occurs within the body of the organism and causes a response
Examples – hunger, thirst, and illness

4. External Environmental Stimulus
A stimulus that occurs in the outside environment that causes a response in an organism
Examples – changing temperature, seeing a predator, and a rainstorm

5. Innate behavior: A behavior that is inherited rather than learned
Happen automatically

6. 1. Reflexes:
Simple automatic response to a stimulus that involves no conscious control
Example: jerking hand from hot stove
Fight or flight response

7. 2. Instincts
Complex pattern of innate behavior that leads to a tendency for a specific response to stimuli that is common to a given biological species
Examples: breathing, a spider spinning a web, and a bird building a nest

8. 3. Behavior Patterns
Migration: instinctive seasonal movement by animals (birds, whales)
Hibernation: inactivity during cold weather

9. Learned behavior Behaviors that develop through experience or practice
You are not born knowing learned behaviors

10. 1. Imprinting
An animal forms an attachment to an organism or place within a specific time after birth or hatching
Helps protect them from danger and find food

11. 2. Trial and Error
Trying several techniques to find the one that works

12. 3. Conditioning
Behavior is modified so that a response to one stimulus becomes associated with a different stimulus

13. 4. Cognitive Behavior
Thinking, reasoning, and solving problems