PPT-Innate and Learned Behavior

Year 10 Science Life psychology A behaviour is any observable action made by a living person Examples include walking crying blinking eating etc All of these activities can be . Innate behavior . is behavior which normally occurs in all members of a species despite natural variation in environmental influences. Some . texts refer to innate behavior as species-specific behavior. From the Greek: . Ethos. (character) and . logia. (the study of).. 1) You’ve been teleported to Canada, to the wonderful winter wonderland that is my home province!. 1) How would you survive. ?. Traits. and. Learned Behaviors. 4.10 Science concepts. . The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures that help them survive within their environment. The student is expected to: . Instinctual or Learned?. What is a behavior?. A . behavior. is any action a living thing makes!. Almost everything you do is a behavior!. What is a stimulus?. A . stimulus. (or stimuli if more than one) is an event that causes a living thing’s behavior.. Etholgy. Vs Psychology. Ethology: . the study of animal behavior in natural conditions. Ethologists work “in the field” observing natural behaviors, affecting their world as little as possible. Psychology: . All organisms have innate behaviors that are inherited from parents that develop independently from the environment. Innate behavior is inherited from an individual’s parents and is not modified by the individual and is generally not affected by the organism’s environment, including an organism’s experiences.. Both genes and environment affect an animal’s behavior.. Innate behaviors are triggered by specific internal and external stimuli. . An instinct is a complex inborn behavior.. Instinctive behaviors share. Marty Seligman. Four groups of dogs. . Training I and II result Lasting effects. Grp. I Escapable/. escapeable. run None. Grp. II Inescapable/inescapable not run None. Grp. III Escapable/inescapable not run None. Do you have or have had a pet?. Describe some funny things they do. Is it something learned or instinctive to their species?. Ask students to raise their hand if they have a pet. If they do, have them describe some funny things they do. As they tell their behaviors, ask them to decide if it is something their pet has learned (playing dead, rolling over, coming to their food dish at the sound of a rustling bag) or if it is something instinctive to their species (barking at cats, playing with their tails, pouncing). Tell them that these are obvious behaviors. You can tell if they are learned from their surroundings or if they would act that way no matter where they were. Sometimes it’s not so easy to tell.. Option E.3. Assessment Statements. E.3.1 Distinguish between . innate. and . learned. . behaviour. .. E.3.2 Design experiments to investigate innate . behaviour. in invertebrates, including either a taxis or a kinesis.. Have to start here!. Romanes. : One of First “Animal” Theorists. Was a student of Darwin's. very interested in evolution and intelligence. not a psychologist- more a philosopher/biologist. Remember its 1878. between . inherited traits . of plants and animals such as spines on a cactus or shape of a beak, and . learned behaviors . such as an animal learning tricks or a child riding a bicycle.. STAAR 2013 #13; RC 4; Readiness; 5.2D. What is it?. Innate Behavior. “Automatic” behavior. AKA instinct. Strong genetic component. Learned Behavior. What is it?. Learned Behavior. Behavior that is the result of experience or observation. Option E.3. IB Biology. Miss . Werba. 2. J WERBA – IB BIOLOGY. OPTION E - NEUROBIOLOGY. THINGS TO COVER. Innate . vs. Learned behaviour. Taxis . vs. Kinesis. Experimental design & analysis of data.