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33 Cards in this Set
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Behaviorist |
The ethological approach that states behavior is learned rather than genetically programmed |
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Classical Conditioning |
The type of conditioning learning that associates stimuli occurring at approximately the same time or in roughly the same area |
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Classical Ethology |
The ethological approach asserting that much of what animals know is instinctive or innate |
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Conditioning Stimulus |
Sensory input unrelated to a simple reflex behavior |
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Ethology |
The Study of animal behavior |
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Evolution |
The scientific theory that characterizes all related organisms as descended from common ancestors |
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Fixed Action Patterns |
Function |
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Innate |
Instinctive |
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Instinct |
A combination of unlearned responses characteristic of a species |
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Nature Selection |
The process that awards survival and reproductive success to individuals and groups best adjusted to their environment |
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Naturalists |
Natural scientists |
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Nature-nurture Controversy |
The crux of two opposing schools: classical ethology, which views animal behavior as primarily instinctive, and animal psychology, which views animal behavior as primarily learned |
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Unconditioned stimulus |
Sensory input that produces a simple reflex behavior |
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Unconditioned response |
A simple relex behavior |
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Stimulus-response Theory |
The psychological school of thought stating that all complex forms of behavior, including emotions, thoughts, and habits, are complex muscular and glandular responses that can be observed and measured |
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Sociobiology |
The study of the biological bases of social behavior |
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Operant |
Functioning or tending to produce effects |
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Operant conditioning |
The type of conditioned learning that associates a certain activity, know as the operant, with punishment or reward |
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Dance |
A complex pattern of movement performed by the bee that directs other bees to a food source |
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Imprinting |
The acquisition in the very young of certain fixed action patterns |
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Instrumental learning |
Learning by trial and error |
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Social behavior |
The ways individual members of the same species interact with one another |
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Sensitive period |
A specific stage in a animals life when imprinting occurs |
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Recognition of individuals |
The process that allows animals to distinguish their place in a social context broader than their relationship with primary caregivers |
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Socialization |
The process of adaptiong to contact with others |
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House soiling |
Urinating or defecating inside the home |
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Territorial |
Prone to defining and defending areas of sleep, eating, exercise, and play |
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Spraying |
Staining vertical surfaces with a strong-smelling urine |
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Postparturition |
Period of time after giving birth to offspring |
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Behavior Modification Programs |
Training courses that use rewards and reprimands to stimulate changes in behavior |
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Habituation |
The process of learning that certain objects and events have little bearing on survival and can thus be ignored |
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Breaking Litterbox Training |
When a cat urinates or defecates someplace other than its litter box |
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Wobble |
A training maneuver designed to disorient a bird by abruptly dropping the hand it’s perched upon |
