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30 Cards in this Set
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Sending and response to signals |
Communication |
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A stimulus transmitted from one animal to another |
Signal |
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Helps an animal look for food |
Search image |
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Can result in altruistic acts that help relatives |
Kin selection |
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A type of dominance hierarchy |
Pecking order |
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Interaction between individuals, usually of same species |
Social behavior |
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Self- sacrifice that enhances fitness of others |
Altruism |
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Ranking by social interactions |
Dominance hierarchy |
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Signals surrender |
Appeasement display |
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Threats, rituals, or combat over resources |
Agonistic behavior |
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Communicates that male and females are ready to mate |
Courtship rituals |
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Anthropomorphism |
Ascribing human Motivations to other animals |
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2 things animals learn from courtship rituals |
Individuals are of the same species and individuals are of the opposite sex |
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2 examples of territorality |
Birds songs and squirrel chatter |
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What is a likely evolutionary cause of dominance hierarchy |
To control population size |
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Study of behavior |
Behavioral biology |
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Explains behavior in terms of immediate interactions with the environment |
Proximate cause |
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And evolutionary cause |
Ultimate cause |
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The search for ultimate causes |
Behavioral ecology |
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Behavior is a product of both ? And ? |
Genetic programming and environmental experiences |
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FAP |
Fixed Action Patterns |
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Unchangeable behavioral sequences |
FAPs |
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Performed in virtually the same way by all individuals of a species |
Innate behavior |
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A change in behavior resulting from experience |
Learning |
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An animal learns not to respond to a repeated stimulus that conveys little or no information |
Habituation |
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Limited to a specific time period in an animals life called the sensitive period |
Imprinting |
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A particular stimulus or response is linked to a reward or punishment |
Associative learning |
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An animal repeats a response if it is rewarded and avoids if it is harmed |
Trial and error learning |
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Observing and mimicking the behavior of others |
Imitation |
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The ability of an animals nervous system to perceive, store, process, and use information |
Cognition |
