behaviour- internal and external factors

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What are the two things behaviour revolve around?
1). Survival 2). Reproduction
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Give an example of 3 internal factors that could affect an animals behaviour
1).Hunger 2). Thirst 3).Pain
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Give an example of 3 external factors that could affect an animals behaviour
1). Environment 2). Humans 3). Migration
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What type of internal factor is injury?
Injury is physical
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What type of internal factor is stress?
Stress is psychological
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What type of internal factor is Reproductive status?
Physical and Physiological
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Define a Fixed action Pattern (FAP)
An FAP is an instinctive behavioural sequence or response that is triggered by a very special stimulus, once it is started it will run to completion.
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What are FAP's produced by?
They are produced by a neural network= innate releasing mechanism
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What is a sign stimulus?
It is a feature of an animals environment that elicits a particular response
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What is a releaser?
A stimulus that has evolved to facilitate communication between conspecifics or one animal and another which causes a particular response
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what is conspecifics?
Two or more animals of the same species
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Give an example of a sign stimulus (environment)
Greylag goose- The sight of the displaced egg- causes the behaviour of 'egg-rolling'
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Give an example of a releaser (communication)
Great Crested Grebe- The meeting of a pair of Grebe's is the releaser- causes the behaviour of a 'mating dance'
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How can conspecifics affect an animals behaviour?
It can affect behaviour by: competition, breeding and conflict
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Define migration
Migration= the seasonal movement across areas of land
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Give 3 reasons for migration
1). Climate change 2). Mating 3). Food
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Give 2 advantages to group living
1). companionship 2).Hierarchy
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Give 2 disadvantages of group living
1). competition of resources 2). Contracting disease
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Give 5 ways different animals communicate
1). Tactile (touch); 2). Auditory (hearing); 3). Visual (seeing); 4). Olfactory (smell); 5).Gustation (taste).
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Define infraspecific communication
Communication between members of the same species
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Define interspecific communication
Communication between members of different species
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What are the two different forms communication can be?
1). Intentional 2). Unintentional
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Define hierarchy
Hierarchy= The organisation of a group in such a way that higher ranking members control lower ones. It is a line of authority
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How are Hierarchy's observed? (2)
1). Linear 2).Complex
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What type of internal factor is injury?

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What type of internal factor is stress?

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