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BEHAVIOUR Ethology is the study of behaviour in its natural habitat. It is mostly a descriptive science. Behaviour: Behaviour - What an animal does and how it does it. To some extent ALL behaviour has a Genetic Basis In general, behaviour is a response to some environmental stimulus Innate Behaviours - inherited, instinctive: A. programmed by genes; B. highly stereotyped (similar each time in many individuals) C. Four Categories 1. Kinesis: "change the speed of random movement in response to environmental stimulus" 2. Taxis: "a directed movement toward or away from a stimulus; positive and negative taxes 3. Reflex: "movement of a body part in response to stimulus". 4. Fixed Action Pattern (FAP): "stereotyped and often complex series of movements., responses to a specific stimulus - Releaser" D. Characteristics of Innate Behaviours - especially FAPs: 1. The behaviour is performed without prior experience 2. There is a stereotypic releaser stimulus 3. breeding crosses produce hybrid behaviours 4. the behaviour is adaptive - signs...

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