1. Types of Behavior

2. Behavior
Behavior: the way an organism interacts with other organisms and it’s environment.
Example: Wolves are pack animals by nature. They must work together to survive.

3. Stimulus Battle at Kruger VIDEO
Stimulus: anything in the environment that causes a reaction.
It can be external or internal.
Example: An external stimulus could be a rival male entering another male’s territory.
Example: An internal stimulus could be hunger or thirst.
Battle at Kruger VIDEO

4. Innate Behavior Innate Behavior: A behavior an animal is born with.
These behaviors are inherited.
An instinct is an example of an innate behavior.

5. Reflex Actions Video on Reflex
Reflex: An automatic response that does not involve a message from the brain.
Example: Sneezing, shivering, yawning, jerking your hand away from a hot surface, and blinking your eyes when something is thrown toward you.
Video on Reflex

6. Instincts Instincts: complex patterns of innate behavior.
Begins when the animal recognizes a stimulus and continues until all parts of the behavior have been performed.
Example: a spider spins a complicated web correctly the first try.

7. Learned Behavior Orcas learning to hunt
Learned Behavior: Behaviors learned through experiences throughout a lifetime.
Example: organisms learn which organisms can be harmful to them.
Orcas learning to hunt

8. Imprinting
Imprinting: occurs when an animal forms a social attachment to another organism within a specific time period after birth or hatching.
Example: a mother and her baby.

9. Trial and Error
Trial and Error: refers to behavior that is modified by experiences.
Example: chickens pecking grain, riding a bike and tying a shoe are examples of trial and error.

10. Conditioning
Conditioning: when behavior is modified so that a response to one stimulus becomes associated with a different stimulus.
Example: Pavlov’s Dog, YOU leaving when the bell rings.
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11. Insight
Insight: is a form of reasoning that allows animals to use past experiences to solve new problems.
Example: child stacking books to reach for object that is too high. Using old math techniques to figure out new math problems.