Chapter 5

Question 1

Ontogeny

Answer 1

All factors that have influenced an organism since conception

Ex/ food preferences and knowing where forget it

Question 2

Phylogeny

Answer 2

Concerned about Evolution of behaviors

Question 3

Proximate Stimulus

Answer 3

Consider trigger event that initiated behavior

Question 4

Contest competition

Answer 4

Resource can be monopolized/defended

Question 5

Scramble competition

Answer 5

Resource cannot be defended, race against time to collect the most

Question 6

Strategy

Answer 6

Set of behavior patterns that has become prominent in a population due to natural selection

Question 7

Kin selection

Answer 7

Behavioral favoring of one’s close genetic relations

Question 8

Altruism

Answer 8

Acting in a way that has a net loss of energy to the actor and net benefit to the receiver

-explains kin selection

Question 9

Infant dependency period

Answer 9

Period during which the infant is wholly reliant on others for nutrition, movement, thermo-regulation, and protection

-primates have longer IDPs

Question 10

Home Range

Answer 10

Area used by primate group/community

Question 11

Affiliative

Answer 11

(Friendly) bond enhancing

Question 12

Agonostic

Answer 12

(Unfriendly) aggressive/combative

Question 13

Philopatric

Answer 13

Stay in natal group (family)