Proximate cause versus Ultimate cause!
Proximate cause is the actual workings of a behavior. What actually triggers it? How does it actually occur? Hormones? Pheromones? etc.
Ultimate cause is the reason for the behavior. Is it to attract mates? Find food? Why do they even bother?
Ways of learning behaviors...
Imprinting:
during a critical learning period, something is learned which can't be forgotten...like "Are you my mommy?"
Classical Conditioning....one thing is associated with another. The fish swim to the top in the morning because food comes in the morning.
Operant conditioning....grab right switch...get food. grab wrong switch get shocked. Operant conditioning in a nutshell.
Spatial learning...landmarks and breadcrumbs to find one's way home
Habitutation....you get so used to something it blends in the background.
Observational learning...monkey see monkey do
Insight...use of prior knowledge
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