BISC 102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nikolaas Tinbergen, Waggle Dance, Snow Goose
19 Jan 2018
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Alignment: steer towards average heading of neighbors (same direction) Cohesion: move towards average position of neighbors (aim for middle) Response to a stimulus mediated by nervous system. Learned: strong experimental + environmental component, develops + changes in response to environmental stimuli. Complex behaviours include both components: fixed action pattern (innate behaviour) Obs: male sticklebacks respond aggressively to other male sticklebacks. Ultimate: males who respond aggressively to other males are better able to defend their territory from other males. Increases their access to females, allows them to fertilize more eggs, maximizes reproductive fitness. Nc crows develop + improve tool use thru experience (experimental learning) + when taught (social learning) Inherited predisposition for tool use (innate: behaviour: finding food - optimal foraging model. Ie. crows in bc feeding on whelks (molluscs) with hard shells. Optimal height: 5. 23 m: behaviour: oriented movement - piloting with landmarks.
