Animal Behavior I

Question 1

Both original sciences of behavior

Answer 1

Darwin

Question 2

Comparative psychologist, stressed parsimony

Answer 2

Morgan

Question 3

Comparative who studied animals in puzzle boxes

Answer 3

Thorndike

Question 4

Most influential, outspoken philosophical behaviorist

Answer 4

Skinner

Question 5

Comparative, Attachment in monkeys, Wisconsin General test apparatus

Answer 5

Harlow

Question 6

Behavioral Endocrinology founder

Answer 6

Beach

Question 7

Three founders of Ethology

Answer 7

Von Frisch, Lorenz, Tinbergen

Question 8

Author of the selfish gene

Answer 8

Dawkins

Question 9

EthologyPRINCIPLES

Answer 9

Emphasizes instinct over learning, studies a wide range of species,

Question 10

Comparative PsychologyIDEALS…

Answer 10

Experiments over observations, lab over field, proximate rather than ultimate questions

Question 11

Morgan’s Canon

Answer 11

Never assume higher cognitive function as the cause of a behavior if it can be explained by something lower on the psychological scale
(Reflex,innate,conditioning)

Question 12

Three models of what scientists do?

Answer 12

Induction, Deduction, Hypothetico-deduction

Question 13

Who proposed hypothetico-deduction

Answer 13

Popper

Question 14

Induction is….

Answer 14

Making unbiased observations, and basing laws off the observations

Question 15

Induction problems

Answer 15

No such thing as unbiased, laws don’t explain how anything works

Question 16

Deduction

Answer 16

Make observations, derive creative explanation

Question 17

Deduction issue

Answer 17

There are many ways to creatively explain stuff

Question 18

Hypothetico-deduction

Answer 18

its just the scientific method

Question 19

Four ways to test hypotheses

Answer 19

Experiment, quantitative observation, comparative studies, models

Question 20

Historical sciences used which hypothesis testing method

Answer 20

Comparative studies

Question 21

Experiment pros

Answer 21

• cause and effect certainty
• simplifies situation

Question 22

Experiment cons

Answer 22

Oversimplification of natural situations

Question 23

Quantitative observation pros

Answer 23

Accounts for natural complexities while still being quantitative

Question 24

Observation cons

Answer 24

correlation rather than causes

Question 25

Models pros

Answer 25

Allows for predictions of specific situations

Question 26

Models cons

Answer 26

not exact fit of problem, details need refining

Question 27

Optimality

Answer 27

Costs and benefits of behavior

Question 28

Game theory

Answer 28

social situations: best tactic depends on what others are doing

Question 29

Comparative pros

Answer 29

Allows for separation of historical effects and current effects.

Question 30

Tinbergens four questions

Answer 30

Causation, Development, Evolution, Function

Question 31

Divide Tinberg’s questions into the Mayr’s scheme

Answer 31

Causation and Development are proximate and Evolution and function are ultimate

Question 32

Yellow fly experiment ran by…

Answer 32

Bastock

Question 33

Rat Maze ran by…

Answer 33

Cooper and Zubek

Question 34

Variable environment, heritability is

Answer 34

lower

Question 35

Stable environment, heritability is

Answer 35

higher

Question 36

Less variable gene pool, heritability is

Answer 36

lower

Question 37

Racism IQ fallacies

Answer 37

• IQ heritability is high and constant
• IQ is mostly determined by genes
• Therefore, different groups have different IQs from different genes

Question 38

Uncapping

Answer 38

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Question 39

Removing

Answer 39

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