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Animal Behavior Project: You will create a PowerPoint Presentation about animal behavior that has the following three parts: Include a title slide with your name on it! __Part 1__ You should have one slide for each of the following types of behavior: · Reflex · Instinct · Imprinting · Habituation · Classical Conditioning · Operant Conditioning (Trial and Error) · Insight / Reasoning Each slide should define the type of behavior in your own words, describe two examples of the behavior (in humans AND in animals), include a picture representative of the behavior if you can. __Part 2__ Research the work of the following scientists: 1. Ivan Pavlov 2. B.F. Skinner 3. J.B. Watson 4. E.L. Thorndike 5. W.N. Kellogg Make a PowerPoint slide for each scientist. Each slide should have a summary of the research that the scientist has done in animal behavior. Include a picture if it is relevant to the research. __Part 3__ Research feral children – What are they? Why are they of interest to animal behaviorists? There is a famous feral child case of a girl named Genie in California. What was Genie’s situation? Have therapists been able to help Genie? Create a few PowerPoint slides about feral children – and of course pictures are relevant here!! Submit your PowerPoint to me by e-mail wleas@vcs.k12.nc.us by the end of the school day Wednesday, April 13th.