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Simple Stimuli Trigger Fixed Behaviors

Simple Stimuli Trigger Fixed Behaviors

This animation focuses on fixed behavior in herring gull chicks and how the scientist Niko Tinbergen constructed an experiment to test what features of an adult triggers a chick to beg for food. 

Keywords:
instinct, fixed behaviors, evolution, Niko Tinbergen
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Material Type:
Animation
Date Added to MERLOT:
November 14, 2013
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 30, 2017
Author:

Submitter:
Jim Bidlack
Primary Audience:
Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division
Technical Format:
Website
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
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No
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Unknown
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Unknown
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No

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