ANIMAL BEHAVIOR L23 Flashcards
I. Understanding Behavior - CC proximate, ultimate cause II. Stimuli and behavior - CC types of stimuli III. Learning and behavior - CC types of learning, cognition IV. Evolution and behavior - CC evolutionary reasons for behavior
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adaptations
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- equip animal for survival in specific environment
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proximate causation
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- how behavior occurs or is modified
1. what are the stimuli and physiological responses?
2. how do experiences influence response?
3
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ultimate causation
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- why animal has behavior
3. why does it aid survival and reproduction?
4. what is evolutionary history?
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behavioral ecology
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- study of ecological and evolutionary basis of behavior
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imprinting
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- establishment of long lasting behavioral response to particular individual or object
- can only take place during specific time in development
- irreversible
- bidirectional relationship
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spatial learning
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- establishment of memory that reflects spatial structure
- all environments cary
- location of food, nests, hazards, mates, etc
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classical conditioning
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- association formed between normal physiological process and unrelated stimulus
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operant conditioning
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- association formed between behavior and reward of punishment (trial and error)
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social learning
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- learning to solve problems by observing behavior of others
10
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promiscuous
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- no strong pair bond
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monogamous
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- 1 male 1 female for some duration
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polygamous
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- 1 individual of 1 sex mating with several of the other
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sexual dimorphism
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- extent to which males and females vary in appearance
- varies with type of mating system
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altruistic behavior
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- decrease individual fitness, increase fitness of others in population
