Questions and Answers
What is the purpose of pheromones in animals?
To influence the behavior of other members of their species
What is the difference between reflexes and instincts?
Reflexes are automatic responses that do not involve a message to the brain, while instincts are complex patterns of behavior.
What is the difference between cyclic behavior and learned behavior?
Cyclic behavior involves repeated patterns, while learned behavior is automatic.
Study Notes
Animal Behavior: Innate and Learned Behaviors
- Animals have innate and learned behaviors that allow for their survival.
- Innate behaviors are behaviors an organism is born with, such as reflexes and instincts.
- Reflexes are automatic responses that do not involve a message to the brain, while instincts are complex patterns of behavior.
- Learned behaviors include imprinting and conditioning, where animals form social attachments or associate stimuli with certain responses.
- Aggression, courtship, and social behavior are other types of behavior that animals exhibit.
- Aggression is a forceful behavior used by animals to protect their young, defend territory, or get food.
- Courtship behavior allows males and females of the same species to recognize each other and prepare to mate.
- Social behavior involves interactions among members of the same species, including communication and organization into a society.
- Animals use pheromones, powerful chemicals, to influence the behavior of other members of their species.
- Cyclic behavior occurs in repeated patterns, such as hibernation or migration.
- Hibernation is a cyclic behavior adaptation for winter survival in which an animal's activity is greatly reduced.
- Migration is an instinctive seasonal movement of animals to find food or to reproduce in better conditions.
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