Animal Behavior (Cont.)

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Innate behaviors

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developmentally fixed; behavior isexhibited in nearly the same form by all members of a population

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Learned behaviors

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depend upon prior experience

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What are the 5 types of learned behaviors?

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1) habituation

2) imprinting

a) sensitive period

3) spatial learning

4) associative learning

b) classical conditioning

c) operant conditioning

5) cognition

d) problem solving

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Habituation

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loss of responsiveness to stimuli that convey little or no newinformation

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Imprinting

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the formation of a long-lastingbehavioral response to a particular individual or object

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sensitive period

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alimited developmental phase when certain behaviors can be learned

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Spatial learning andcognitivemaps

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establishment of a memory that reflectsthe environments spatial structure

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Associative learning

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the ability to associate oneenvironmental feature with another.

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Classical conditioning

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stimulus becomes associated with a particular outcome (e.g., Pavlov’s Dog)

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Operant conditioning

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animal associates one of its own behaviors with reward or punishment and tendsto repeat/avoid that behavior

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Cognition

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the process of knowing represented byawareness, reasoning, recollection, and judgment.

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Problem solving

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devisingmethods to proceed from one state toanother when faced with obstacles

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Monogamy

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one male mating with one female

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polygyny

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single male mates with many females

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polyandry

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single female mates with many males

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sexual selection

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form of natural selection in whichindividuals with certain inherited traits are more likely to obtain mates

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intrasexual selection

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individuals of the same sex competedirectly for mates

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Intersexual selection(mate choice)

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individuals of one sex are choosy in selecting mates

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How does preference for certaincharacteristics evolve in the first place?

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good genes hypothesis

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good genes hypothesis

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certain phenotypic characteristics may be associated with health, vitality, and good genes.

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Frequency dependent selection

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The fitness of a particular behavior maybe influenced by the abundance of other behavioral phenotypes in thepopulation.

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How can we evaluate the utility ofalternative strategies?

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Game theory

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Game theory

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evolutionary theory to evaluatealternative strategies where the outcomeof a particular strategy depends on the strategy used by other individuals.

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Game theory allows prediction of ________ ________ compared to other ____________.

: Darwinian fitness

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Game theory allows prediction ofrelative performance compared to other phenotypes.

: Darwinian fitness