BIOL 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Sphex, Monarch Butterfly, Observational Learning

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Biological Sciences
• Course: BIOL 1030
• Professor: Kevin G.Scott

Document Summary

Remembering nest sites: ring of pinecones, objects or arrangement. Stimulus linked to an effect: positive/negative. Classical conditioning: stimulus is encountered, out of a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol. Operant conditioning: sti(cid:373)ulus fro(cid:373) the a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour, trial and error learning. The monarch butterfly: easy to use. Na ve predator: wrong choice, colour association. Complex integration: sensory information, past experiences. Marginal value theorem: maximizing consumption, minimize cost. Predator in a patch of food: eating more, less available, longer search time. Travel to a better patch: optimal time to do so, balance cost and consumption. Trade off: maximizing energy gain, minimizing energy expenditure. Altruistic behaviours: freely giving of yourself, counter evolutionary. Competition for resources: threats, posturing, tests of strength, combat. With pair bonds: monogamous, polygamous, polygyny, polyandry. The female is usually the choosey partner. Preference of phenotypic characteristics: physical appearance, competition winners, courtship songs, courtship dances. If alone, they choose males with more orange spots.