BIOLOGY 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Observational Learning, Habituation, Operant Conditioning
8 Jan 2017
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What an organism does & how it does it. A behaviour that is developmentally fixed and inborn. A behaviour that may be shaped by learning when it reaches maturity. This describes how a behaviour is initiated or expressed. This studies the genetic or physiological mechanism that lead to a behaviour. This studies the immediate effect of a behaviour. Describes the reason why the behaviour exists at all. It"s an adaptive value (reproductive success) or an evolutionary origin of the observed behaviour. Stops trying to tuck the strips on the back feather; only head-turning behaviour remains. The influence of a genetic component on behaviour. A highly stereotyped, innate behaviour, which is conducted to completion once activated by a sensory cue. This is an external sensory stimulus, which triggers a. A sign stimulus, which is a signal from one individual to another.
