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how long does it take for someone to fancy another person?
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90 seconds
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what percentage of attraction comes from what we are actually saying?
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7%
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what two factors make up behavior?
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genes and environmental factors
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what are the four components of a fixed action pattern?
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sign stimuli, drive, motor programs, and programmed learning
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releasers made up of physical features, gestures,and chemical signals. it is also the cue in an animal's environment. the reaction to these cues is the fixed action pattern...
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sign stimuli
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what does drive depend on?
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cycle of seasons, length of day, fluctuation of temperature. ex. salmon fish swim upstream in order to mate and lay their eggs.
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innate and genetically encoded progressions that once is initiated will act through every step from beginning to end.
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motor programs
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organisms learn certain behavior patterns at a specified time during their life...if the time passes and the skills are still not acquired they will never learn the skills. it is imprinted and irreversible.
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programmed learning
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loss of a response to stimulus after repeated exposure. it is the simplest form of learning.
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habituation
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behavioral change resulting from a link between behavior and consequence. it is also known as trial and error
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association
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observing and mimicking
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imitation
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inventive behavior that arises in new situations, chimpanzees and ravens demonstrate this type of learning
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problem solving
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how do most animals learn?
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association and imitation
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what is dominance hierarchy?
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ranking of individuals based on social interactions. dominant person between two buffers.
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what colored anole is the dominant lizard?
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green
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what are the four types of releasers?
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visual, chemical, auditory, and behavioral
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females choose males based on elaborate ornaments or male behaviors.
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intersexual selection
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what types of strategies do males use to attract females?
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aggression, violence, appearance, and performance
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handicap theory
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peacock has long and colorful tail which handicaps but is willing to sacrifice being seen by predator to get a mate
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is polygyny intersexual selection or intrasexual selection?
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intersexual selection
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which birds build aesthetic appealing nests that are not used for raising young?
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bower birds
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what are the four categories of nuptial food gifts?
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captured food gifts, produced food gifts, sexual cannibalism, and sexual suicide
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males compete for territory or access to females. males fight each other for the female.
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intrasexual competition
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why do females want to mate with the winning male competitor?
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for genes and access to resources, dominate human mating strategy
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what do males find sexually attractive?
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health and fertility
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describe neotonic preference
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health and fertility
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what is the main characteristic that men look for in females?
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physical traits
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what is the main characteristic that females look for in males?
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status
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ratio of sexually receptive males to sexually receptive females
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operational sex ratio
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how many more times are americans more likely to take part in rape or porn?
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1000x
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which mating system is more popular with mammals? polygamy or monogamy
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polygamy
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what are the three types of monogamy?
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genetic, sexual, and social
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polygyny
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1 male and several females
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polyandry
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i female and several males
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while in courtship what do males look for in mate choice?
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fertility
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while in courtship what do females look for in mate choice?
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paternal instinct
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male infanticide
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polygyny
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female infanticide
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polyandry
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why is infanticide practiced?
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prevents overpopulation and depletion of resources
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what is project cuddle?
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save babies from abandonment
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in polygyny which sex provides the parental care?
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the female
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in polyandry which sex provides the parental care?
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males
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how many years define the divorce peak?
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4 years
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brood parasites
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one species lay their eggs in another's species nest and expects to take care of the young
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sequential hermaphroditism
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ability to change from one sex to another
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protandry
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males turn into females, clown fish
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protogyny
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females turn into males
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in reptiles what factor determines the sex of the young?
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temperature at incubation
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what are the three components of psychological love?
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intense affection, strong loyalty, profound oneness
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what are the three stages of love?
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1. lust or erotic passion
2. attraction or romantic passion 3. attachment or committment |
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what influences our sex drive?
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testosterone
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what are the three neurotransmitters found in sexual pleasure?
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dopamine, norepinephrine,phenylethylamine
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what is the correlation between courtship and relationship?
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the longer the courtship the stronger the long term relationship
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low oxytocin levels?
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bad parenting and poor mate bonding
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molecules used to signal cells within the body
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neurotransmitters
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what neurotransmitter maintains commitment?
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vasopressin
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divorced women usually remarry within how many years?
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4 years
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divorced men usually remarry within how many years?
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3 years
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what enables males and females to focus their energy and begin the breeding process?
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instant attraction
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do mirror neurons fire while both doing and seeing the same thing?
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yes
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do mirror neurons fire when somebody sees something with autism?
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no
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at what age do humans pass the mirror test?
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2 years
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what animal does not pass the mirror test?
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baboons
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do chimps use tools and problem solving in order to survive?
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yes
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