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Behaviour

Concepts in behavioural science are often abstract and experimental observations are difficult to interpret. This page contains resources that will support delivery of behaviour in GCSE Biology but many of the activities can also be used to teach How Science Works. The web-based resources are a rich source of support material to enhance students’ understanding of behaviours such as instinct and learning. Animations and simulations allow students to reinforce their own learning, or can be used to exemplify concepts with a whole class using an interactive whiteboard. The resources describe classic investigations into conditioning and learning as well as exploring social, reproductive and feeding behaviours.

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• Nobel Prize: Pavlov's dogs - conditioned reflex
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  Edexcel B3.2. Webpage from NobelPrize.org explaining, with examples, the concept of the Pavlovian conditioned response. May be used as an example of behaviour.
  
  
• Nobel Prize: Pavlov's dogs game
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  Edexcel B3.2. Online game from NobelPrize.org - 'can you make the dog drool on command?' Pavlov's experiment on how animals can be trained to respond to salivate to a particular stimulus. May be used ...
  
  
• Instinct: simple stimuli trigger fixed behaviours
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  Edexcel B3.2. Narrated animation from Sumanas Inc. showing the innate response of a herring gull chick to its parent's beak pattern. Suitable for teachers and interested learners.
  
  
• Human behaviour in relation to other animals - the history of domestication
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  Edexcel B3.2. Website from History World, giving a very detailed history of animal domestication suitable more for teachers and interested learners.
  
  

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Activity Resources (Showing 2 of 2 available)

• Nobel Prize: Pavlov's dogs game
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  Edexcel B3.2. Online game from NobelPrize.org - 'can you make the dog drool on command?' Pavlov's experiment on how animals can be trained to respond to salivate to a particular stimulus. May be used ...
  
  
• Human behaviour in relation to other animals - the history of domestication
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  Edexcel B3.2. Website from History World, giving a very detailed history of animal domestication suitable more for teachers and interested learners.
  
  

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Learning Resource (Showing 4 of 4 available)

• Nobel Prize: Pavlov's dogs - conditioned reflex
    Web link 
  Edexcel B3.2. Webpage from NobelPrize.org explaining, with examples, the concept of the Pavlovian conditioned response. May be used as an example of behaviour.
  
  
• Nobel Prize: Pavlov's dogs game
    Web link 
  Edexcel B3.2. Online game from NobelPrize.org - 'can you make the dog drool on command?' Pavlov's experiment on how animals can be trained to respond to salivate to a particular stimulus. May be used ...
  
  
• Instinct: simple stimuli trigger fixed behaviours
    Web link 
  Edexcel B3.2. Narrated animation from Sumanas Inc. showing the innate response of a herring gull chick to its parent's beak pattern. Suitable for teachers and interested learners.
  
  
• Human behaviour in relation to other animals - the history of domestication
    Web link 
  Edexcel B3.2. Website from History World, giving a very detailed history of animal domestication suitable more for teachers and interested learners.
  
  

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