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23 Cards in this Set
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Proximate questions (How questions)
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1. How does behavior function (mechanistically)
2. How does behavior change with development |
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Ultimate questions (Why questions)
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3. What is the association btwn behavior & fitness (reproductive output)
4. What is the evolutionary history of the behavior |
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3 types of inate behavior
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1. Reflex
2. Fixed Action patterns 3. Orientation behaviors |
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Reflexes occur by direct connection with the _______ without input from the _______
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spinal chord
brain |
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Sequence of often species specific innate behaviors in response to an external cue (sign stimulus) and which once initiated continue to the end
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Fixed Action Patern
Note: species specific |
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An innate behavior that alters movement in a specific way in response to an external cue?
3 types? |
Orientation Behaviors
Kinesis, Taxis, and Migration |
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Change in activity or turning rate in response to a stimulus
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Kinesis
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Oriented movement toward (+) or away (-) from stimulus
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Taxis
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Rheotaxis
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orient based on water current
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anemotaxis
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orient based on wind
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Phonotaxis
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orient based on sound
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Aerotaxis
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O2
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Geotaxis
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gravity
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Regular long-distance change in location
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Migration
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___________used by many ungulates and cats to help move odor particles into vomeronasal organ
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Flehmen Response
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intraspecific chemical signals that elicit a specific innate subconscious behavioral or physiological response.
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Pheromones
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Loss of responsiveness to stimuli that convey little or no new information
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Habituation
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Irreversible formation of a behavioral response during a “critical (sensitive) period”
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Imprinting
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Establishment of a memory that reflects the environment’s spatial structure
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Spatial Learning
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Ability to associate one environmental feature with another
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Associative Learning
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allows animals to learn to predict events.
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Classical conditioning
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Association of own behavior with award or punishment
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Operant conditioning
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______________models balance costs and benefits of particular behaviors
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Optimal foraging
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