Behavior Innate Behaviors how an organism reacts to trial organisms or its A behavior that is not learned but built into the own environment animal Internal Environment Reflexes External Environment Instincts A reaction to the a reaction of the body of an action that happens complex unlearned surroundings of the the organism. without thinking about it behavior with several steps organism Ex: eyes dilating with Ex: spinning a web, Ex: weather, scents, Ex: illnesses, hunger, bright lights, armadillo in a snake predators thirst, mating jumping straight up when startled Learned Behaviors Innate Behavior Migration Hibernation Developing new behaviors A behavior that the with experience or practice movement of animals body temperature, blood organism is born with, not based on seasons and food and activity decreases learned supply during the winter Ex: imprinting, and Ex: reflexes, instincts, error, conditioning, Ex: Humming birds, Ex: bears, bats, chipmunks, migration, hibernation reasoning monarch butterflies, reptiles slow down during caribou estivation 3 2
Behavior how an organism reacts to organisms or its own environment Internal Environment a reaction of the body of the organism. Ex: illnesses, hunger, thirst, mating External Environment A reaction to the surroundings of the organism Ex: weather, scents, predators Innate Behavior A behavior that the organism is born with, not learned Ex: reflexes, instincts, migration, hibernation Learned Behaviors Developing new behaviors with experience or practice Ex: imprinting, trial and error, conditioning, reasoning 2 Innate Behaviors A behavior that is not learned but built into the animal Reflexes an action that happens without thinking about it Ex: eyes dilating with bright lights, armadillo jumping straight up when startled Instincts complex unlearned behavior with several steps Ex: spinning a web, in a snake Migration movement of animals based on seasons and food supply Ex: Humming birds, monarch butterflies, caribou Hibernation body temperature, blood and activity decreases during the winter Ex: bears, bats, chipmunks, reptiles slow down during estivation 3
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