Learned Behavior- One Pager Project by Emily Carter [STUDENT]

Learned Behavior Attributes

emily_822837 — 2018-04-18 16:06:43 UTC

Learned behaviors are adaptive & change with experience.
- For example, a monkey might learn to use tools to crack nuts, and will gradually learn from experience which tools are the most useful.
One cause of learned behavior is Imprinting, which involves an organism's connection to a mother figure and resulting learning from their actions.
- For example, if baby ducks imprint on their mother, they likely will follow her in a line, as shown in the image below.
Learned behaviors often spread to the next generations of the population, as they are taught from one organism to the next.
Learned behavior often increases a population's fitness, as these learned behaviors are usually adaptations which assist organisms.

How It's an Adaptation

emily_822837 — 2018-04-18 16:13:39 UTC

Learned behavior is, over time, taught to following generations
Often increases the fitness of following generations
Learned behaviors are adapted and used by other generations for its helpfulness in survivorship
Organisms often find and 'learn from' a certain behavior that it gradually teaches to its following generations, therefore causing it to be an adaptation to survive in the best way possible in its environment.

Example

emily_822837 — 2018-04-18 16:20:47 UTC

Pigeon learns to retrieve banana using trial-and-error

These kinds of learned behaviors might be passed down to other pigeons in order for them to more easily retrieve food which is difficult to reach

Tool Use and Cultural Learned Behavior

emily_822837 — 2018-04-18 16:32:45 UTC

Capuchin Monkeys use hard surfaces to crack their nuts- a behavior used by all of its species

Personal Statement

emily_822837 — 2018-04-18 16:33:48 UTC

As a whole, social behaviors are largely beneficial to the well-being of organisms. Learned behavior is an adaptive behavior which allows organisms to live in their environments in the best way possible, increasing their fitness and, therefore, their likeliness of the preservation of their species.

Sources

emily_822837 — 2018-04-18 16:35:07 UTC

drrobertepstein. (2007, December 24). "A Pigeon Solves the Classic Box-and-Banana Problem." [Video File]. Retrieved from

NewKidsCenter.com. (n.d.). "How to Help Baby Walk." Retrieved from

Pappas, S. (2013, February 27). "Nut-Cracking Monkeys Show Humanlike Skills." [Video File]. Retrieved from

"This Guy Rescued 12 Ducklings from a Manhole and still had enough Time to Melt my Heart." (2014). Retrieved from

Learned Behavior

emily_822837 — 2018-04-20 18:25:46 UTC