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Social interaction that has the potential to decrease the lifetime reproductive success of the member exhibiting the behavior.
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altruism
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Acquired ability to associate two stimuli or between a stimulus and a response.
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associative learning
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Observable, coordinated responses to environmental stimuli.
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behavior
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Type of learning whereby an unconditioned stimulus that elicits a specific response is paired with a neutral stimulus so that the response becomes conditioned.
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classical conditioning
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Signal by sender that influences the behavior of a receiver.
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communication
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Organization of animals in a group that determines the order in which the animals have access to resources.
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dominance hierarchy
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Ability of an organism to reproduce and pass its genes to the next fertile generation; measured against the ability of other organisms to reproduce in the same environment.
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fitness
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Innate behavior pattern that is stereotyped, spontaneous, independent of immediate control, genetically encoded, and independent of individual learning.
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fixed action pattern (FAP)
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Learning to make a particular response to only one type of animal or object.
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imprinting
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Fitness that results from personal reproduction and from helping nondescendant relatives reproduce.
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inclusive fitness
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Indirect selection; adaptation to the environment due to the reproductive success of an individuals relatives.
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kin selection
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Relatively permanent change in an animal's behavior that results from practice and experience.
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learning
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Learning that results from rewarding or reinforcing a particular behavior.
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operant conditioning
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Chemical messenger that works at a distance and alters the behavior of another member of the same species.
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pheromone
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The trading of helpful or cooperative acts, such as helping at the nest, by individuals - the animal that was helped will repay the debt at some later time.
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reciprocal altruism
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Changes in males and females, often due to male competition and female selectivity, leading to increased fitness.
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sexual selection
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Group in which members of species are organized in a cooperative manner, extending beyond sexual and parental behavior.
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society
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Application of evolutionary principles to the study of social behavior of animals, including humans.
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sociobiology
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Marking and/or defending a particular area against invasion by another species member; area often used for the purpose of feeding, mating, and caring for young.
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territoriality
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Area occupied and defended exclusively by an animal or group of animals.
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territory
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