vocabulary - Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat
... The thick coat of soft hair covering the skin of some mammals. Fur - as opposed to hair is a hair follicle without a root. Fur is barbed (has scales along its length), hair is smooth: most mammals have fur except for primates. Most animals have fur rather than hair. This nonrooted hair falls easy fr ...
... The thick coat of soft hair covering the skin of some mammals. Fur - as opposed to hair is a hair follicle without a root. Fur is barbed (has scales along its length), hair is smooth: most mammals have fur except for primates. Most animals have fur rather than hair. This nonrooted hair falls easy fr ...
1.3 Organisms change in form and behavior as part of their life
... sharing of findings and ideas for critical review by colleagues and other scientists. GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS: 1. Plants and animals have life cycles that include a predictable sequence of stages: they begin life, develop into adults, reproduce and eventually die. Plants and animals produce offspri ...
... sharing of findings and ideas for critical review by colleagues and other scientists. GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS: 1. Plants and animals have life cycles that include a predictable sequence of stages: they begin life, develop into adults, reproduce and eventually die. Plants and animals produce offspri ...
Animal Behavior - Southern Wayne High
... When an animal decreases or stops its response to a repetitive stimulus that neither rewards nor harms the animals. Example: snail moving across a wooden surface and when the experimenter taps on the surface, the snail withdraws into its shell but after a few taps it learns that it isn't going to ha ...
... When an animal decreases or stops its response to a repetitive stimulus that neither rewards nor harms the animals. Example: snail moving across a wooden surface and when the experimenter taps on the surface, the snail withdraws into its shell but after a few taps it learns that it isn't going to ha ...
Characteristics of Animals
... Food is digested internally Animals have the ability to make rapid, complex movements ...
... Food is digested internally Animals have the ability to make rapid, complex movements ...
26-1_intro_animal
... 26-1 Introduction to the Animal Kingdom 1. Animals are _______________________________, eukaryotic heterotrophs that lack ____________________ 2. What is a tissue? _________________________________________________________ 3. What type of tissue covers body surfaces? _________________________________ ...
... 26-1 Introduction to the Animal Kingdom 1. Animals are _______________________________, eukaryotic heterotrophs that lack ____________________ 2. What is a tissue? _________________________________________________________ 3. What type of tissue covers body surfaces? _________________________________ ...
Evolutionary Psychology
... 1. Evolutionary Psychologists argue that natural selection designed our minds to deal with problems that we faced on the African savannahs. – The savannah was our Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness (EEA). ...
... 1. Evolutionary Psychologists argue that natural selection designed our minds to deal with problems that we faced on the African savannahs. – The savannah was our Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness (EEA). ...
Tree of Knowledge
... rationalizations, and excuses all involve the process of explaining why one’s claims, thoughts or actions are warranted. In virtually every form of social exchange, from warfare to politics to family struggles to science, humans are constantly justifying their behavioral investments to themselves an ...
... rationalizations, and excuses all involve the process of explaining why one’s claims, thoughts or actions are warranted. In virtually every form of social exchange, from warfare to politics to family struggles to science, humans are constantly justifying their behavioral investments to themselves an ...
Lecture 26 - The University of Texas at Dallas
... passed from parent to offspring – Some songbirds learn the species-specific song by listening to their father sing – “Sponging” behavior in dolphins: learned behavior in female bottlenose dolphins, who break off a piece of marine sponge to protect their mouths when probing the sea floor for fish pre ...
... passed from parent to offspring – Some songbirds learn the species-specific song by listening to their father sing – “Sponging” behavior in dolphins: learned behavior in female bottlenose dolphins, who break off a piece of marine sponge to protect their mouths when probing the sea floor for fish pre ...
Animal Behaviors Power Point
... • Is the simplest type of learning • Allows animals to save time an energy ...
... • Is the simplest type of learning • Allows animals to save time an energy ...
ppt - Language Log
... “Survival of the sexiest” Examples: size, symmetry, ornamentation • may be environmentally adaptive or not • “runaway sexual selection” ...
... “Survival of the sexiest” Examples: size, symmetry, ornamentation • may be environmentally adaptive or not • “runaway sexual selection” ...
Are animals smart? Things we can learn from animals.
... ■ Evidence suggests NOT necessarily random ■ Set of similar characteristics that most superstitious behaviors share – Responses are almost innate responses or previously learned responses – Responses are related to the Reinforcer ■ Looks like biology may be important! ...
... ■ Evidence suggests NOT necessarily random ■ Set of similar characteristics that most superstitious behaviors share – Responses are almost innate responses or previously learned responses – Responses are related to the Reinforcer ■ Looks like biology may be important! ...
Behavior - Canyon ISD
... • Sometimes involves a test of strength, more often the engage in threat displays that make them look large and fierce – Severity depends on the amount, type, and availability of the resource • Male ground squirrels kill others for females because they are only in heat for a few hours each year • Us ...
... • Sometimes involves a test of strength, more often the engage in threat displays that make them look large and fierce – Severity depends on the amount, type, and availability of the resource • Male ground squirrels kill others for females because they are only in heat for a few hours each year • Us ...
File - Mrs. LeCompte
... environment does not have enough resources to support lots of offspring at one time Monogamous = when one male mates with only one female form a pair bond o Both male and female help with rearing of the young o Rare in primates Sexual Selection Most often is female choice, leading to male comp ...
... environment does not have enough resources to support lots of offspring at one time Monogamous = when one male mates with only one female form a pair bond o Both male and female help with rearing of the young o Rare in primates Sexual Selection Most often is female choice, leading to male comp ...
Document
... What is a primary reinforcer? (2 points) What is a secondary reinforcer? (2 points) What type of learning involves imitation and observation? List the four processes of cognitive learning. (4 points) ...
... What is a primary reinforcer? (2 points) What is a secondary reinforcer? (2 points) What type of learning involves imitation and observation? List the four processes of cognitive learning. (4 points) ...
Animal Behavior and Ethology
... the “beta” member—they dominate everyone in the group except the alpha. Alpha members have first dibs on everything—mates, food, etc. Note: Since there is an order, known by all involved, it reduces the energy wasted and the risk from physical fighting for resources. Dominance hierarchies are charac ...
... the “beta” member—they dominate everyone in the group except the alpha. Alpha members have first dibs on everything—mates, food, etc. Note: Since there is an order, known by all involved, it reduces the energy wasted and the risk from physical fighting for resources. Dominance hierarchies are charac ...
File
... Polyandry: When 1 female mates with more than 1 male. Do this to ensure survival of their offspring. There are also lots of examples of this found in ...
... Polyandry: When 1 female mates with more than 1 male. Do this to ensure survival of their offspring. There are also lots of examples of this found in ...
Worksheet 5-Kingdom Animalia
... 12. What is the germ layer that forms the lining of the digestive tract? 13. What are animals called that only have the ectoderm and endoderm?(What’s an example?) ...
... 12. What is the germ layer that forms the lining of the digestive tract? 13. What are animals called that only have the ectoderm and endoderm?(What’s an example?) ...
File
... Ethology: study of animal behavior, specifically many species in natural environment; questions evolution and behaviors Behaviorism: behaviors can be modified by experience to respond to unnamed stimuli; Ivan Pavlov Proximate Causes: Immediate genetic, physiological, neurological, & developmental me ...
... Ethology: study of animal behavior, specifically many species in natural environment; questions evolution and behaviors Behaviorism: behaviors can be modified by experience to respond to unnamed stimuli; Ivan Pavlov Proximate Causes: Immediate genetic, physiological, neurological, & developmental me ...
Chapter 3 - Studying Animal Behavior
... pecking order – that way they don’t waste energy fighting and instead have specific jobs based on their role in the group ...
... pecking order – that way they don’t waste energy fighting and instead have specific jobs based on their role in the group ...
Animal Behavior
... genes. Therefore, helping a relative survive increases the chance that the genes an individual shares with that relative will be passed along to offspring. ...
... genes. Therefore, helping a relative survive increases the chance that the genes an individual shares with that relative will be passed along to offspring. ...
Inherited Trait / Instinct
... Inherited traits are physical characteristics and behaviors that an organism gets from its parents. It is born with them. Eye color, hair color, freckles, skin color and dimples are all inherited traits in humans. Other animals and plants also have inherited traits…some might include fur color, ...
... Inherited traits are physical characteristics and behaviors that an organism gets from its parents. It is born with them. Eye color, hair color, freckles, skin color and dimples are all inherited traits in humans. Other animals and plants also have inherited traits…some might include fur color, ...