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Animal Behavior Unit- Part 1

1. Why do we study animal behavior?

There are three main causes of animal behavior:

a) Internal Factors
b) External Factors
c) Learned Behaviors

What is Animal Behavior?

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Animal Behavior Unit- Pheromones

Fill out the chart below with your notes on the different pheromones that affect animal behavior.
Pheromones

Aggregation Pheromones

Alarm Pheromones

Epideictic Pheromones

Territorial Pheromones

Trail Pheromones

Sex Pheromones
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Hormones

What are Hormones?

Steroid Hormones: What are they?

Sex Hormones
Estrogen

Progesterone

Pregnancy

Testosterone
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Amino Acid Steroids: What are they?

Epinephrine

Norepinephrine

What happens when these hormones occur in access in the body? How does it
affect the behavior of the animal?
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Animal Behavior- External Factors Affecting Behavior

There are four main types of external factors that influence. They are:

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1. Environment

a. Threats to Safety

2. Communication- Classified and described based on the ways animals receive signals
a. Chemoreception-

b. Mechanoreception-

c. Visual Communication-

d. Vocal Communication-

e. Courtship Rituals-