Animal Behavior

The organism has no previous experience with the stimuli that it responds to

• Animals stop responding to stimuli that do not provide appropriate feedback.
• "cry-wolf" effect

random movement in response to a stimuli

• automatic movement toward or
• away from some stimulus.

• A stimulus or response is linked to reward or avoid a punishment.
• Trial and Error

Mental connection between a stimulus and some kind of reward or punishment.

Observation and imitation of others

Inventive behavior in response to new situations

Observing and mimicking others

• An animal applies something it has already learned to a new situation
• Most complicated form of learning

Threats or combat that settles disputes between individuals.

• Confrontations- tests of strength
• Dominance- ranking of individuals based on social interactions

Behavior that reduces an individuals fitness while increasing the fitness of others in the population

Individuals success by producing offspring and helping close relatives

An act that may be repaid at a later time