LIFESCI 2D03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Animal Cognition, Motor Skill, Reinforcement
6 Sep 2018
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7. 1 learning allows animal to adapt to their environment: learning: is a relatively permanent change in behavior as a result of experience. It is a process by which animals modify their behaviour or adapt to their environment, in ways that allow them to experience increased fitness. In fixed world: high fitness habitat (a) will always be the best place to reproduce. In dynamic world: both habitats have the possibility of leading to high-fitness due to the unpredictable nature of predators and parasites. In a dynamic world, there is nothing to learn because learning is useful only if individuals can benefit from their experience. Neurotransmitters and learning in chicks: one major and important form of learning is imprinting: rapid learning in young animals through observation of parents or other objects. If cache is recovery is accomplished with memory, then species that rely heavily on caching should rely on a more well-developed memory.
