AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

INTRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A chimp seeing other chimps use a fishing stick is an example of
A
learned behavior
B
instinctive behavior
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Learned behavior comes from watching other animals and from life experiences. By watching their mother, baby ducks learn how to avoid danger and to know what is good to eat. This is an example of learned behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -Termite fishing in chimpanzees (first described by Goodall, 1964) is one of the most widely known examples of tooling (sensu Fragaszy & Mangalam, 2018) by a nonhuman animal. Termite fishing is defined as the insertion of a probe (grass, twig, bark, stem, vine, etc.)

Detailed explanation-3: -Types of learning include habituation, sensitization, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, observational learning, play, and insight learning. One of the simplest ways that animals learn is through habituation, where animals decrease the frequency of a behavior in response to a repeated stimulus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chimps making their own fishing rods is an indication that animals and man have similar interests.

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