BIO 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 40: Screech Owl, Pronghorn, Path Integration
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40. 1 behavior is controlled by the nervous system but is not necessarily deterministic. This means that they are not controlled by anything outside the body. Behaviors evolve because they are tied to genes, therefore if there is a better behavior based on natural selection the behavior will increase in frequency within the population. 40. 2 behavior is influenced by development and learning. Learn the ability of an individual animal to modify its behavior as a consequence of individual experience that took place earlier in its life. Mouse and screech owl experiment (learning) a mouse is placed in an area with a bunch of logs for a couple days and then removed to let an owl into the seminatural area. When the mouse was returned, a na ve mouse also joined and the experiment was to see which one was caught first by the owl.
