Bio Ap Animal Behavior Test

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communication

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transmission & reception of behavior signals that result in behavior changes in another animal

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pheronomes

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scent emission

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behavior

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visible movement, sound, or scent secretion or innate

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proximate cause

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how, immediate

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ultimate cause

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why, evolutionary

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innate

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relatively fixed, independent of environmental stimuli, genetic immediate cause

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fixed action pattern

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type of innate behavior, triggered by sign stimulus

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reflex

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innate behavior

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habituation

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loss of unresponsiveness to repeated stimuli that aren't related to danger

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associate learning

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one event tends to occur along with another event, one action leads to specific consequence

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operant conditioning

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animals associate specific behavior with certain outcome

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navigation

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animal be able to detect its present location compared to others as welll as sense compass direction

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social behavior

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any interaction between 2 animals relating to courtship, reproduction, or foraging

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cooperative foraging behavior

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packs of dog and lion prides-large prey killed & shared based upon dominance hierarchy

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competitive foraging

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fittest animals obtain most food, are healthier & survive to produce more offspring

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territoriality

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protecting exclusive right to feed, mate, and rear young in region large enough to support animal group

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altruistic behavior

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helps group but may harm individual

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halmilton's rule

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cost < coefficient of relatedness x benefit

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reciprocal altruism

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altruistic behavior exhibited toward non-relatives

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polygamy

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female takes main role in rearing young

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polygynous

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one male & many females

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polyandrous

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1 female & many males

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sexual dimorphism

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very big males

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sign stimulus

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external sensory stimulus that leads to FAP

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signal

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behavior that causes change in behavior of another animal

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learning

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change in behavior from experience

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ethology

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study of animal behavior in natural conditions

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imprinting

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type of learned behavior w/important innate component acquired during limited critical period

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kinesis

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change in activity or turning rate in response to stimulus

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taxis

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movement toward/away from stimulus

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cognition

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ability of animal's nervous system to perceive, store, process, and use info obtained by its sensory receptors

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spatial learning

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modification of behavior based on experience w/spatial structure of environment, location or food

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landmark

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location indicator

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cognitive maps

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internal representation of spatial relationships b/t objects in animal's surroundings

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classical conditioning

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arbitary stimulus associated w/reward or punishment

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foraging behavior

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recognizing, searching for, capturing and consuming food

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optimal foraging theory

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foraging behavior is compromise b/t benefits of nutrition and costs of obtaining food

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promiscuous

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no strong pairbonds or lasting relationships

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monogamous

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1 male w/1 female

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kin selection

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natural selection that favors altruistic behavior by enhancing reproductive success of relatives

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inclusive fitness

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total effect on individual has on spreading its genes by producing own offspring & by providing aid that enables other close relatives to increase production of offspring

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social learning

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learning through observing others