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BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT

BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT. BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGISTS STUDY THE ACTIONS OF ANIMALS IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS ANIMAL BEHAVIOR WHAT AN ANIMAL DOES WHEN INTERACTING WITH ITS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

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BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT

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  1. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT

  2. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT • BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGISTS STUDY THE ACTIONS OF ANIMALS IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS • ANIMAL BEHAVIOR • WHAT AN ANIMAL DOES WHEN INTERACTING WITH ITS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

  3. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT • EXPLAIN THE FOLLOWING: • BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY • THE STUDY OF ANIMALBEHAVIOR • THIS LEFT ANUNANSWERED QUESTION,HOW DID THE DIGGERWASP DEVELOP THISBEHAVIOR?

  4. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT • BEHAVIOR RESULTS FROM BOTH GENES AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS • NATURE VS NURTURE DEBATE

  5. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT • INNATE BEHAVIOR OFTEN APPEARS AS FIXED ACTION PATTERNS • INNATE BEHAVIOR (BORN WITH IT) • BEHAVIOR THAT APPEARS TO BE PERFORMED IN VIRTUALLY THE SAME WAY BY ALL INDIVIDUALS OF A SPECIES • FIXED ACTION PATTERNS • ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGEABLE BEHAVIORAL SEQUENCES • EXAMPLE: MEMORIZE A POEM OR PIECE OF MUSIC, BUT YOU MUST START FROM THE BEGINNING IF INTERUPTED

  6. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT • FIXED ACTION PATTERN  • GRAYLAY GOOSE • MUST COMPLETE RETRIEVALSEQUENCE, EVEN IF IT DROPSTHE EGG BEFORE IT REPLACESIT

  7. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT • LEARNING RANGES FROM SIMPLE BEHAVIORAL CHANGES TO COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING

  8. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT • CLASSICAL CONDITIONING VS OPERANT CONDITIONING

  9. BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENT • ALRIGHT, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH…LET’S GET TO SOME ANATOMY!!!!

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