brehavior and communication

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ethology

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The study of animal behavior

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Habituation

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When animal learns to ignore harmless stimuli like a scarecrow

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Internal stimuli

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A stimulus inside the body

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External stimuli

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A stimulus outside or around the body

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Courtship behavior

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Trying to impress a mate

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Verbal communication

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Communicating through making noise

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Conspecific

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An animal is the same group or species

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Arboreal

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An animal that lives in a tree

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Terrestrial

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An animal that lives on the ground

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Sub-terrestrial

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An animal that lives underground

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Normal behaviour

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A behaviour that has a function

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Innate

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instinctive behaviours

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Thwarted

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stopped

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polygamy

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one relationship with lots of other being in the same relationship

Question 15

what is the social sytem for lions

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polygamy

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polygynous

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many females

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polyandrous

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many males

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monogamous

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in a relationship with one person only/ one on one = one mate

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ecological neash

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the role an animals plays in the ecosystem

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what are the two types on imprinting

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Filial imprinting

Sexual imprinting

Question 21

what is filial imprinting

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when a young animal acquires characteristics from its parents

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what is Sexual imprinting

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when a young animal learns the characteristics of a desirable mate

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who is konrad lorenz

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wrote the theory of imprinting

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what does altricial mean when describing young

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young are altricial meaning they need nurturing

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what does precocial mean when describing young

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ready to go when born fully independent

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what is Intensive parenting

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an animal that raises its young until they are adults, polar bear, orangutang young are altricial meaning they need nurturing

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what is Biparental parenting

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when two parents are involved in rearing young, young are usually altricial

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what is No parental investment parenting

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young which do not have any contact from the parents, snakes young ARE precocial—ready to go when born fully independent

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what is communication

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conveying intended meanings through the use of mutually understood signs and semiotic rules. interpretating and understanding mutually understood signs and behaviours

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what is Agonistic behavior

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being aggressive or defensive

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what is altruism

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selfless behavior

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what is interspecific

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bonding between animals of a different species

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what is intraspecific

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binding between animals of the same species

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What is atypical behaviour

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A behaviour which animals only display in captivity

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what is a seriotypical behavior

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when an animal does something repeated that has no purpose:

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what are vacuum behaviours

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doing a behavior that should be preformed after being presented by a stimuli:

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what is a Fixed action plan

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genetic driven pattern behaviour .

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what is Innate behaviour

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instinctive behaviours Eg; Toung rollng in young cows which are kept inside for veil. Moving their toung around because they have no access to grass.

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what is displacement behavior

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when an animal preforms a behaviour in the wrong place .

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what is re-directed behaviour

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when an animal is unable to carry out a behavior towards the correct stimuli.

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what does Ethogram mean

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correctly interpret behaviours exhibited by animal

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what is Focal animal sampling

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focusing on one individual when sampling/observing -- recorded for a specific amount of time

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what is Instantaneous Sampling

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known as scan sampling -- an observer records the bahaviour of an individual in a group at predetermind time intervals. This sampling method records stated rather than event behaviour.

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what is Continuous sampling

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the observer simply records all of the activity the occurs while the animal is being watched

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what are State behaviors

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a behaviour that takes longer –like sleep 

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what are Event behavior

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a behaviour that does not take a long time -- like aggression, drinking, yawnin