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ethology
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the studyof animal behavior
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behavioral ecology
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study of behavior that seeks to explain how specific behaviors increase individual reproductive success
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Instinct
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is begavior that is innate, or inherited
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FAP
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fixed action patterns, innate behaviors that follow a regular unvarying pattern that is carried out to completion even if the original intent of the behavior can no longer be fulfiled, like a grayleg goose rolling her egg or the red belly of males for the male stickleback fish
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Nokolaas Tinbergen
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discovered that any object with a red underside initiates the same agressive FAP in male stickleback fish
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Imprinting
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innate program for acquiring a specific behavior only if an appropriate stimulus is experienced during a critical period, like geese and their moms and salmon that return to their birthplace to feed
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critical period
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limited time interval during the life of the animal where imprinting occurs
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