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    This document discusses different types of animal behavior including innate behaviors that are genetically inherited and learned behaviors that are acquired through experience. Innate behaviors are instincts like reflexes and migration patterns, while learned behaviors can occur through conditioning, habituation, imprinting, and problem-solving. The movie Fly Away Home shows examples of how geese learn migratory behaviors from their mothers through imprinting, a form of learned behavior.

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    This document discusses different types of animal behavior including innate behaviors that are genetically inherited and learned behaviors that are acquired through experience. Innate behaviors are instincts like reflexes and migration patterns, while learned behaviors can occur through conditioning, habituation, imprinting, and problem-solving. The movie Fly Away Home shows examples of how geese learn migratory behaviors from their mothers through imprinting, a form of learned behavior.

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    Fly Away Home

    Types of Animal Behavior:


    1. Innate (Instinctual) Behavior: inherited trait (instinct) is something an organism is born with
    and cannot learn or teach to its offspring. Behaviors are dictated by specific body systems,
    like the nervous system, which responds to stimuli in the environment.
    a. Innate behavior is behavior that's genetically hardwired in an organism and can be performed
    in response to a cue without prior experience.
    b. Reflex actions, such as the knee-jerk reflex tested by doctors and the sucking reflex of human
    infants, are very simple innate behaviors.
    c. Some organisms perform innate kinesis, undirected change in movement, and taxis, directed
    change in movement, behaviors in response to stimuli.
    d. Fixed action patterns consist of a series of actions triggered by a key stimulus. The pattern will
    go to completion even if the stimulus is removed.
    e. Migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway, between
    breeding and wintering grounds.
    2. Learned Behavior: is learned or taught to offspring to better their life. Organisms are not born
    knowing these behaviors.
    a. Habituation is a simple learned behavior in which an animal gradually stops
    responding to a repeated stimulus.
    b. Imprinting is a specialized form of learning that occurs during a brief period in young animals—
    e.g., ducks imprinting on their mother.
    c. In classical conditioning, a new stimulus is associated with a pre-existing response through
    the repeated pairing of new and previously known stimuli.
    d. In operant conditioning, an animal learns to perform a behavior more or less frequently
    through a reward or punishment that follows the behavior.
    e. Trial and Error, learning that occurs when an animal receives a reward for making a particular
    response
    f. Communication is an exchange of information that results in a change of behavior.
    g. Insight is learning in which an animal uses previous experience to respond to a new situation.
    3. Learning and cognition
    a. Problem-solving
    Directions: As you watch the movie, you will see many examples of animal behavior. Complete the table that
    is on the back of the sheet and when the movie is done, answer the summary question.

    Cast of Characters:
    Tom Alden (Jeff Daniels)--the dad Glen Seifert (Jeremy Ratchford)--the local game
    Amy Alden (Anna Paquin)--the daughter warden
    Susan Barnes (Dana Delany)--the girlfriend Barry Strickland (Holter Graham)--helps teach
    David Alden (Terry Kinney)--the uncle Amy to fly

    Summary: What did you learn about animal behavior during this movie?

    Animal Behavior
    Describe the scene where this occurs. With Number Describe the Type of Animal Behavior
    character names and Letter Observed from the list above
    of Behavior
    Type

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