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Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)

Fixed Action Pattern (FAP). A sequence of unlearned acts that is essentially unchangeable and usually carried to completion.

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Fixed Action Pattern (FAP)

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  1. Fixed Action Pattern (FAP) • A sequence of unlearned acts that is essentially unchangeable and usually carried to completion. This FAP appeared by evolution among primates, so that the infant can hold to the mother's hair and do not fall off when she moves briskly. Given a rope, new-borns hold firmly and remain suspended by themselves.

  2. The establishment of a memory that reflects the environment's spatial structure. An organisms fitness may be enhanced by the capacity of spatial learning. Spatial Learning

  3. Rhikki Cook Crystal Lee Divina Cortes Habituation • - a loss of responsiveness to stimuli that convey little or no new information • Repeated presentation of will cause a decrease in reaction to said stimulus -continued exposure to the stimulus after the response has plateaued has effect on subsequent tests on behavior (delaying spontaneous recovery) • An increase in the frequency of stimulus presentation will increase the rate of habituation and the “size” of the response decrement When a child initially hears a nursery rhyme they show great pleasure. After hearing it multiple times however, the pleasure fades due to being accustomed to it.

  4. One example is being stung by a bee, and associating bees with pain for the future. Associative LearningAlexis G. Jackie G. Aja G. Ahhhh ! Associating one stimuli with a behavior, or another stimuli.

  5. Imprinting rapid learning that occurs soon after birth or hatching establishes a long-lasting behavioral response to a particular individual or object Ex. Attachment to parent, offspring, or site Elizabeth Jaime Andrea Laguna Makayla Nunn

  6. Contest with both threatening and submissive behavior • Can involve tests of strength • Animals engage in intimidating behaviors that cause them to look fierce • Animals can also engage into a shameful behavior if battle is lost Agonistic Behavior Michael Phillips Michael Pasillas Juan Pesqueda Parbhdeep Singh

  7. Dominance Hierarchies • A form of animal social structure in which a linear ranking exists. Dominance hierarchies can be depostic or linear. In a despotic hierarchy, only one individual is dominant, while the others are all equally submissive. In a linear hierarchy, for example the order of chickens. Each individual dominates all individuals below him and not those above him.

  8. Facts About Territoriality • Territory space becomes the resource individuals compete for. • Limits population density • Example: Gannets nest on rocky islands; when there aren’t enough nest sites the surplus does not reproduce.

  9. What is Altruism? • Selflessness, behavior that reduces an individuals fitness while increasing the fitness of another individual • The Belding’s ground squirrel is an example of this and alerts unaware individuals to retreat to their burrows when a predator approaches while they are putting themselves in danger. • In honeybee society the workers are sterile and the workers themselves never reproduce but they labor on behalf of a single fertile queen. Furthermore, the workers help defend the hive, but it results in their death. Alexys Guillermo Laura

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