Animal behavior, presented as a unit for an advanced high school biology course

Abstract

Synopsis of Material: This report is an introduction to the study of animal behavior for a high school biology class. The areas of the science which were mentioned were those which would be of interest, provide stimulation for the imagination, and arouse curosity in the high school student. The different kinds of behavior are discussed, and examples of animals which exhibit each type of behavior are mentioned. A discussion of the stimulus and the stimulus-response theory is included, and mention is made of how animals depend upon some type of stimulation for their very existance, whether it be an external or an internal stimulus. The social orders or societies are described by representative example using the honey bee society, the chicken hierarchy, and monkey groups.