LIFESCI 2D03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Invertebrate, Dendritic Spine, Quartzite
7 Dec 2018
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7. 1 learning allows animals to adapt to their environment. Learning: a relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience: animals modify their behavior/adapt to the environment to increase fitness. Hypothesis: learning will improve salamanders skill as predators. Results: neonates captured few prey during first trial, proportion captured improved significantly in trails 2 & 3. Conclusion: individuals rapidly learn to forage in a more efficient manner as they gained experience -> leads to enhanced survivorship. Habituation: reduction and then lack of response to a stimulus over time: allows time and energy to be spent productively. Environmental stimulus: anything in the environment that an individual can perceive. Prediction: if males habituate to familiar stimuli, their should be a decrease in their response to a new rivals vocalization after an initial aggressive response. Imprinting: rapid learning in young animals through observation of parents or other objects.
