Survey
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
Innate and Learned Behaviour Innate Behaviour Also known as instinctive behaviour (has a genetic basis). Innate behavior is a pattern of inherited, pre-set behaviours that do not require learning or practice. The pattern of behaviour that is shown is simply a result of the wiring of its nervous system, and it is inherited in the same way as e.g colouring is. The evolution of innate behaviour can be thought of in the same way as the evolution of any characteristic. Animals that have alleles that produce behaviours that make them most suited to their environments will live long enough to pass their genes on. Desirable behaviours are passed on while undesirable behaviours die out, or stay less common in a population. Learned Behaviour Results from the experiences of the animal. It is difficult to determine if a particular behaviour is purely innate. There is no sharp dividing line between learned and innate behaviours. Much of the behaviour of animals is a result of the interaction between genes and the environment. Some behaviours are more strongly influenced by the environment than others. Biozone p202 Discuss Overheads of skinner’s box (operant conditioning) and pavlov’s dogs (classical conditioning). Habituation of Mountain gorillas in Uganda. Pavlov’s dogs (classical conditioning). http://kevinrothermel.typepad.com/kevinrotherm elcom/images/pavlovs_dog.gif http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/dog-training18.jpg skinner’s box (operant conditioning) http://www.mariewilkins.co.uk/images/blogpics/p igeon.jpg http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/aencmed/targets/illus/ilt/T046260A.gif