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16 Cards in this Set
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What are the 3 approaches?
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Conceptual, Theoretical, and Empirical
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The process whereby traits that confer the highest relative reproductive success on their bearers and that can be passed down across generations increase in frequency over many generations
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Natural selection
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The transfer of information from individual to individual through teaching or social learning- both within and between generations of animals
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Cultural transmission
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An approach that usually entails integrating ideas enerated in different disciplines and combining them in a new cohesive way
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Conceptual approach
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An approach that entails the generation of a model-usually a mathematical model- of some behavior
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Theoretical approach
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An approach that entails gathering data in one form or another and drawing inferences from that data.
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Empirical approach
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The genetic makeup of an individual
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Genotype
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The observable characteristics of an organism
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Phenotype
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The ability of an organism to produce different phenotypes depending on environmental conditions
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Phenotypic plasticity
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The proportion of variance in a trait that is due to genetic variance
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Heritability
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Any change in genetic structure
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Mutation
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The process whereby different populations or species converge on the same phenotypic characteristics as a result of similar selection pressures
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Convergent evolution
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Analysis based on asking questions that focus on immediate causation
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Proximate analysis
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Analysis based on asking questions that relate to the evolution of a trait
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Ultimate analysis
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A measure of fitness that takes into account not only the effect a gene has on its bearer, but also the effect it has on its genetic relatives
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Inclusive fitness
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A trait that results in the highest fitness among a specified set of behaviors in a particular environment. Result of the process of natural selection
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Adaptation
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