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24 Cards in this Set
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Something that causes a physiological response |
Stimulus |
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Random movement that results from an increase in activity levels due to stimulus |
Kinesis |
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Movement in a particular direction, either toward or away from a stimulus |
Taxis |
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Daily cycle of activity that occurs over a 24 hour period of time |
Circadian Rhythm |
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Internal mechanism that controls an animal's activity patterns |
Biological Clock |
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Inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species |
Instinct |
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Behavior that is not learned through experience |
Innate |
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Stimulus that triggers a specific behavior |
Releaser |
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Process of eventually ignoring a repeated stimulus |
Habituation |
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Process by which a newborn animal quickly learns to recognize another animal, such as a parent |
Imprinting |
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Process by which an organism learns a behavior by observing other individuals |
Imitation |
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Process by which an organism learns to associate a previously neutral stimulus with a reward or punishment |
Classical Conditioning |
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Process by which a behavior increase or deceased as the result of a reward or punishment |
Operant Conditioning |
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Probability of surviving to a certain age |
Survivorship |
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Behavior pattern in which an organism controls and defends a specific area |
Territoriality |
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Theory that states that natural selection will favor organisms that have behaviors that can gather the best food sources |
Optimal Foraging |
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Chemical relates by an organism that stimulates a behavior in other organisms of the same species |
Pheromone |
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Behavior in which an animal reduces its own fitness to help the other members of its group |
Altruism |
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Total number of genes an animal contributes to the best generation |
Inclusive Fitness |
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When natural selection acts on alleles that favor the survival of close relatives |
Kin Selection |
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Organism population in which the role of each organism is specialized and not all of the organisms will reproduce |
Eusocial |
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Mental process of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgement |
Cognition |
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Ability to solve a problem without repeated trial and error |
Insight |
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Behavior that is passed between members of the same population by learning and not natural selection |
Cultural Behavior |
