Behavior Flashcards
The study of behavior is called___________________.
Ethology
Behavior is ___________ and ____________ an animal does things.
b) It is the actions carried out by muscles controlled by a________________.
c) Plants __ can /cannot have behaviors
What and How
Nervous System
Cannot
The Ultimate causation of behavior is the ____________________________ reason.
a) How the behavior influences the species _______________
Evolutionary
Survival and reproduction
The Proximate causation of behavior is the _____________________________________.
a) What __________________________that causes the animal to actually respond.
Mechanism
Internal/External stimuli
Innate behaviors are not ________________. They are performed in the _________________
manner by _________ individuals each time
Learned, Same, All
Learned behaviors are not _________________fixed and are ______________ with experience
rigidly, modified
A ____________ is a stimulus generated by one animal that guides/elicits behavior in another
Cue
Communication is the ________________________ of signals among animals. The four common
modes of communication are: (list and provide an example of each)
Transmission
A) Visual: The courtship displays birds
B) Auditory: Calles of Frogs
C) Tactile: Grooming behavior in primates
D) Chemical: Pheromanes in insects
Fighting or contest behavior is called ______________ behavior
Agnostic
____________ are “symbolic” activities with any harm or contest
Rituals
A Fixed Action Pattern is a ____ (simple/complex) behavior pattern. It has a defined ___________
of movements, always in the same __________. Once started the FAP continues until ________
Complex, Sequence, Order, completed
A learned behavior is a behavior that is changed or altered in response to a prior ___________
Experience
The bee wolves finding their nest in the sand is an example of ______________ learning
Spatial
Conditioning is a type of ________________ learning
a) In Classical conditioning a ___________ stimulus is associated with reward or harm.
b) In Operant condition a reward or harm is associated with something the animal ______
Associative
Neutral
Does
Ducklings followed Conrad Lorenz to the lake because ___________________
They imprinted on him
Deer appearing “tame” around cars, people is _______________ and can quickly change if you
approach too close
Habituation
_________ activity takes place at morning and dusk
Crepuscullar
Mating system. Which system often results in the described appearance of the animals:
a) In species with external fertilization parental care is often _______________________________.
Absent
b) __________ females and males are similar in appearance.
Monomorphic
c) When you can distinguish the females from the males, it is called sexual _____________. This
often the result of _________ selection.
Dimorphism, Sexual
d) __________ females are showier than males.
Epicene
e) __________ males are showier and larger than females.
Epicene
f) Larger Alpha Male Elephant seals is the result of ________________ selection.
Intersexual
