Stimulus = anything that elicits a response.

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Stimulus Responsehttp://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=5A73904F-063E-4264-BA0F-67E286528E90&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

Response = behavior resulting from exposure to a stimulus.

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Goal 4.05: Animal Behaviorhttp://www.simpletruths.tv/store/movies.php?movie=gqgl

Innate (instinctive) Behavior = born with it/inherited

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INSTINCT vs. LEARNED http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=24A908BF-B21C-432C-8647-C3040AFA498F&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

Animal Instinctshttp://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=3B2D0821-9886-4BA6-9C40-26DFB11AB1B3&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

Instinct = behaviors that an organism is born knowing.Innate = referring to instinctive behaviors.

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Learned Behavior = resulting from experience

Habituation: animals stops responding to a stimulus to which it repeatedly exposed.

Classical Conditioning: animal makes a mental connection between a stimulus and reward/punishment. (Pavlov’s Dog Experiments)

Operant Conditioning: (trial and error) animal learns to repeat behaviors that result in rewards and avoid behaviors that result in punishment.

Learned Behaviorshttp://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/11476-animal-intelligence-learned-response-video.htm

Learned Behavior = resulting from experience

Insight Learning: animal applies what it has already learned to a new situation.

Social Behavior = behavior resulting from interactions with others.

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Imprinting = learning based on early experience

Usually learned immediately or very soon following birth.

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Some newborn animals will imprint on the first thing they see move following birth.

Others imprint on a location.Example: Spawning salmon return to their hatching grounds to breed.

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Circadian Rhythm = cycle that happens daily

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Migration = movement from one location to another based on seasonal changes

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Sea Turtle migration routes

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Snow goose migration

Sooty Shearwater – longest migration

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Estivation vs. Hibernation

Hibernation = sleeping during winter months

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ladybugs

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squirrelsbears

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bats

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hedgehogs

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Estivation vs. Hibernation

Estivation = sleeping during summer months as a survival mechanism against environmental events such as heat, drought, etc. Very common in desert animals.

snails

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Jersey tiger mothsSpade foot toad

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Beaded lizard

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