AP BIOLOGY

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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

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The training of animals usually involves something called classic conditioning. Where animals are taught how to do certain tasks. Like a police dog being trained to respond to verbal basic commands, using their keen sense of smell to catch criminals, etc. These learned skills are considered
A
imprinted traits
B
acquired traits
C
instinct behaviors
D
acknowledged behaviors
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Classical Conditioning (Conditioning is another word for learning.) By pairing a new stimulus with a familiar one, an animal can be conditioned to respond to the new stimulus. The conditioned response is typically a reflex-a behavior that requires no thought.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most of us have heard of classical conditioning. Pavlov demonstrated how a neutral stimulus could become meaningful to a dog when followed by something that elicits a natural response. So when a bell, meaningless in itself, is consistently followed with food, the sound of the bell alone triggers salivation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your immediate focus is how the dog feels; you use classical conditioning to make the dog unconsciously react a certain way. This is called a conditioned reflex. The power of classical conditioning comes from its ability to help shift the emotional reactions that drive his behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -To make a long story short, the dog learns “what predicts what". This learning enables the dog to prepare for the biologically relevant stimulus. Ivan Pavlov was a Russian physiologist that discovered Classical Conditioning in the early 1900s.

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