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Chapter 47 Animal Behavior Flashcards

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1
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What kind of behavior is fully functional on first use?

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Instinctive

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What kind of behavior is based on experience?

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Learned

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3
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Is singing alone instinctive in birds?

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Yes

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Is the type of song a bird sings instinctive or learned?

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Learned

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What is an example of instinctive behavior?

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Fixed action patterns

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What are fixed action patterns?

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Repeating the exact same action in response to a cue

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7
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Are fixed action patterns genetic?

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Yes

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8
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How can fixed action patterns be modified?

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Experience

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9
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How can fixed action patterns be exploited?

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By parasitic species replicating them.

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10
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What are fixed action patterns triggered by?

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Sign stimuli.

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11
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Can behavioral differences be related to genetic differences?

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Yes.

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12
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What term refers to the process of experiences changing behavior?

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Learning.

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What term refers to learning to recognize key stimuli related to a suitable mate or individuals of one’s own species?

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Imprinting

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14
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What term refers to the mental association between unrelated phenomena?

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Classical conditioning.

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15
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What is the learning that links voluntary operant with favorable reinforcement?

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Operant Conditioning.

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16
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What type of learning uses problem solving?

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Insight Learning

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17
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What term refers to the lack of response to a unimportant stimuli?

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Habituation

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18
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What are 5 different kinds of learned behavior?

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Imprinting, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, insight learning, habituation.

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19
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What is behavior dependent upon on a molecular level?

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Physiological foundation of nerve cells.

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20
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How can behavior be altered?

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Experience.

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21
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In birds, what are the bunch of cells that need to be stimulated for the bird to learn a song?

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Nuclei

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22
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What is the function of a zenk gene?

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Regulates the Zenk enzyme.

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23
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What are hormones?

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Chemical signals that affect the performance of a behavior.

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What 2 things do hormones affect?

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Neural development and stimulating endocrine cells to release more hormone.

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25
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Why is the higher vocal center not developed in females?

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Because of a lack of hormones.

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26
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What is the main step in the change of behavior via hormones?

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Hormones change gene activity of neurons resulting in behavioral change.

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27
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What controls sexual development?

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Hormones.

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28
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Do octopamine and juvenile hormones both increases as a bee ages?

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Yes.

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29
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What is octopamine hormone responsible for?

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Bee memory.

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30
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What is juvenile hormone responsible for?

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Bee doing different tasks.

31
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What hormone is responsible for making the African cichlid fish aggressive?

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Gonadotropin-releasing hormone.

32
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Can behaviors result from anatomical structures in an animal’s nervous system?

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Yes (ex. reflexes)

33
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What kind of information is acquired in a disproportional amount by the sensory systems?

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Information that will increases survival and reproduction.

34
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What kind of neurons are responsible for the cricket reflexes?

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Motor neurons.

35
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What is an example of an organism whose brain anatomy is tied to its functional response to a stimuli?

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Star-nosed mole.

36
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Between what two individuals does animal communication occur?

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Signaller and reciever.

37
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What are the 5 basic kinds of animal signals?

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Acoustical, electrical, chemical, visual, and tactile.

38
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What kinds of signals do bees use?

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Tactile, acoustical, and chemical.

39
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What kind of dance do honeybees do if the food is less than 75m?

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Round dance.

40
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What kind of dance to bees do if the food is more than 75m?

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Waggle dance.

41
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In which kind of dance do bees indicate the direction of the food relative to the sun?

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Waggle dance.

42
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What are the 3 reasons for communication?

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Survival, prevent fights, and overwhelm territory holders.

43
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Can communication be somethings beside language?

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Yes. Syntax and symbols.

44
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Give an example where syntax and symbols are both present.

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Bee dance.

45
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Can signals be used as defensive behaviors?

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Yes. (ex.vervet monkeys)

46
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What two factors can animals use to acquire a habitat?

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Genetics and learning.

47
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What are 2 basic responses that enable an organism to find a suitable environment?

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Kinesis and Taxis.

48
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What 2 factors push animals to find territories?

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Limited resources and easily defended space.

49
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What is migration?

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Animal traveling from birth place then returning.

50
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What 3 techniques do organisms use to migrate?

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Piloting, compass orientation, and navigation.

51
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What is the simplest and most complex technique used for migration?

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Piloting (simple) and navigation (complex)

52
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What is the a major component that allows organisms to use the sun as a compass?

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Biological clock.

53
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What is a rare example of compass orientation?

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Using magnetic fields.

54
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What signal do animals use to know when to migrate?

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Day length.

55
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What is monogamy?

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Male and female live together forever.

56
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What is polygamy?

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More than one pair bond.

57
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What is polygyny?

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One male and many females.

58
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What is polyandry?

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One female and many males.

59
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What is promiscuity?

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When males and females live only in duration that they are mating.

60
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Are mating strategies the same in male and females of species?

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No. Usually different. (ex. sexual dimorphism and females picky).

61
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What kind of showman ship are males of birds involved in?

A

Courtship displays.

62
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What do the male traits tell the female of a species?

A

The quality of male.

63
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What is social behavior?

A

Organisms interacting with the members of their species.

64
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What is infanticide?

A

Killing of conspecific young?

65
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What are dominance hierarchies?

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Social structures.

66
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In what 2 categories are animals in dominant hierarchies categorized into?

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Alpha and subordinates.

67
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What is kin selection?

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Increase close relatives fitness.

68
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Does reciprocal altruism take place between relatives?

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No.

69
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What are eusocial animals?

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Animals living in large colonies and are genetically identical.

70
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What does haplodiploidy mean?

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Females are diploid and males are haploid.

71
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What percentage are haplodiploidy organisms related by?

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75%.

72
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How many sets of chromosomes does a haploid male have in a eusocial colony?

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1.

73
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Do humans have higher social intelligence compared to our ape relative?

A

Yes.

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