Stimulus and Response

Innate Behavior

Types of Learning

Cycles Social Behavior

Video Clips

For 10 points…

What is any kind of signal that carries information and can be detected?

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StimulusCategory 1

For 10 points…

What is an instinct, or inborn behavior. These behaviors appear in fully functional form the first time they are performed, even though the animal may have had no previous experience with the stimuli to which it responds.

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Innate BehaviorCategory 2

For 10 points…

What is a change in behavior that results from experience; also know as

an acquired behavior?

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Learned Behavior

Category 3

For 10 points…

What are the two types of cycles

animals respond to?

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Daily CyclesSeasonal Cycles

Category 4

For 10 points…

What is a part of a reproductive strategy to

find a healthy mate?

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Courtship BehaviorCategory 5

For 10 points…

What type of behavior is being shown in this video?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhgp8KdXlGg

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Learned BehaviorCategory 6

For 20 points…

What are the two types of stimuli?

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Internal Stimulus External Stimulus

Category 1

For 20 points…

Many behaviors are influenced by ______ and

can be inherited and evolved under the influence

of natural selection.

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GenesCategory 2

For 20 points…

What are the four major types of

learning in order?

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HabituationClassical conditioningOperant Conditioning

Insight LearningCategory 3

For 20 points…

A circadian rhythm is a cycle that is in relation

to what?

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Daily cycle – rising and setting of the sun

Category 4

For 20 points…

Which of the following is NOT a type of social

behavior?Courtship, aggression,

habituation, competition

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Habituation Category 5

For 20 points…

What is being shown in this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS9GLbCd5wc

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Imprinting

Category 6

For 30 points…

A single, specific reaction to a stimulus is called

what?

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Response

Category 1

For 30 points…

An instinct is NOT a ______, which is a simple response of an organism to a specific stimulus.

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ReflexCategory 2

For 30 points…

The turtles in an aquarium splash and bang at the side of the glass whenever a person

goes by. Sometimes, the person feeds them. What type

of learning is this?

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Classical ConditioningCategory 3

For 30 points…

What are the three common circadian cycles?

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Diurnal – Sleep at nightNocturnal – Sleep during day

Crepuscular – active at dawn/dusk

Category 4

For 30 points…

What are four communication signals?

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VisualSoundTouch

Chemical Category 5

For 30 points…

What type of stimulus is being shown in this video?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKA0f9vRO38

What is theanswer?

External StimulusThe people sneaking up

Category 6

For 40 points…

When a shark sees the movement of a prey, it

swims toward it and attacks it. What is the stimulus in

this situation?

What is theanswer?

Category 1

The movement of prey

For 40 points…

True or False: The movement of the lower leg when the

knee is tapped is an innate behavior?

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False it is a reflexCategory 2

For 40 points…

A chicken has 2 buttons in its cage. One is a round yellow button, and the other is a

square blue button. At first, the chicken pecks at both buttons.

Whenever the chicken hits the yellow button, a piece of corn drops into the feed bowl. By the end of the day, the chicken pecks

only the yellow button. What type of learning is this?

What is theanswer?

Operant ConditioningCategory 3

For 40 points…

How can migration help an animal’s biological

fitness?

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Increased access to food sourcesDecreased exposure to predatorsBetter temperature control

Category 4

For 40 points…

Nocturnal animals that have a poorly developed sense of smell are most

likely to communicate by what communication

signal?

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SoundCategory 5

For 40 points…

This video shows an innate behavior that is a

form of what?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7ijI-g4jHg

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CommunicationCategory 6

For 50 points…

A rabbit is nibbling on some clover. Infer what

the stimulus for the behavior might be.

What is theanswer?

Hunger as an internal stimulus

Category 1

For 50 points…

True or False: Honeybees communicate by dancing in

the direction of a food source is an innate behavior.

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TrueCategory 2

For 50 points…

When you use knowledge and experience to figure out why a lamp in your house will not light, you are using

what?

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Insight LearningCategory 3

For 50 points…

What is a period in an organism’s life cycle when growth, development, and

physical activity are temporarily stopped?

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Dormancy Category 4

For 50 points…

True or False: Animals that use language are those that have the greatest capacity

for insight learning?

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TrueCategory 5

For 50 points…

What type of learning is being shown in this

video?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE8pFWP5QDM&list=PL2FD7E9949C07CDB0

What is theanswer?

Classical Conditioning

Category 6