Animal Behavior Review: I. The Nature Of Behavior (

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR REVIEW: I.

The Nature of Behavior ( p 813, 816, 818) VOCAB: behavior, stimulus, response, innate behavior, fixed action pattern, learning, conditioning, classical conditioning, operant conditioning. a) Label these parts of behavior: response, sensory signal, integration, stimulus, motor signal

b) Identify the unconditioned stimulus, conditioned stimulus, and the response of these learned behaviors: 1. Pavlov’s dog was trained to produce saliva when a bell was rung at the same time as it was given food to eat. U.S. --C.S. --Response --2. Tex drives his red pickup when he feeds his horses. He notices that the horses run to the fence when they see the truck, even if he doesn’t bring any hay. U.S. --C.S. --Response --c) Identify which behavior is being trained, and if the consequence is a reward or punishment: 1. Students who skip school must attend Saturday school. 2. A trainer gives a fish to a dolphin after it performs a trick. 3. Students who finish their spelling words can go to recess before the others.

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Neurons, Nerve Impulse, Psychoactive Chemicals (p. 944-949, 956-959) VOCAB: neuron, axon, dendrite, neurotransmitter, synapse, “action potential”, stimulants, depressants, tolerance, withdrawal, addiction a) Draw a picture of a neuron, and label these parts: axon, dendrites, cell body, terminals

b) Describe how sensory or motor signals are sent through an animal’s body using neurons. A good answer includes: direction of the signal, role of sodium, three phases of the impulse, what happens at the synapse.

c) Why would choking, heart attack, or heavy sweating slow down nerve signals?

d) Describe how stimulants and depressants affect nerve signals. Give two common examples of each. Stimulants:

Depressants:

e) Describe what happens in a drug abuser’s the brain that causes tolerance, withdrawal, and addiction.

III. Classes of Behavior (p. 821-827) VOCAB: foraging, defensive behavior, cyclic behavior (migration, circadian rhythm, hibernation), communication, pheromones, territorial, courtship/mating, altruistic behavior Identify the which type of behavior is described: A) B) C) D) E) F)

robins feed worms to baby robins deer run when they smell humans deer search the ground for acorns humans get sleepy when it gets dark outside bees uses dances to signal where to find food female lions share the prey they cat