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Chapter 51- Animal Behavior Flashcards

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agon

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a contest
(agonistic behavior: a type of behavior involving a contest of some king that determines which competitor gains access to some resource)
Example: food, mates

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andro

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a man

polyandry: a polygamous mating system involving one female and many males

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ethos

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custom, habit

ethology: the study of animal behavior in natural conditions

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gyno

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a woman

polygyny: a polygamous mating system involving one male and may females

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kine

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move

kinesis: a change in activity rate in response to a stimulus

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mono

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one

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gamy

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reproduction

monogamous: a type of relationship in which one male mates with just one female

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poly

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many

polygamous: a type of relationship in which an individual of one sex mates with several of the other sex

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socio

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a companion

sociobiology: the study of social behavior based on evolutionary theory

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altruism

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selflessness; behavior that reduces an individual’s fitness while increasing the fitness of another individual

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associative learning

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The acquired ability to associate one environmental feature (such as a color) with another (such as danger)

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behavior

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Individually, an action carried out by muscles or glands under control of the nervous system in response to a stimulus; collectively, the sum of animal’s responses to external and internal stimuli

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behavioral ecology

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The study of the evolution of and ecological basis for animal behavior

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coefficient of relatedness

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The fraction of genes that, on average, are shared by two individuals

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cognition

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The process of knowing that may include awareness, reasoning, recollection, and judgment

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cognitive map

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A neural representation of the abstract spatial relationships between objects in an animal’s surroundings

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communication

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In animal behavior, a process involving transmission of, reception of, and response to signals. The term is used in connection with other organisms, as well as individual cells of multi-cellular organisms

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cross-fostering study

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A behavioral study in which the young of one species are place in the care of adults from another species

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culture

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A system of information transfer through social learning or teaching that influences the behavior of individuals in a population

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fixed action pattern

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In animal behavior, a sequence of unlearned acts that is essentially unchangeable and, once initiated, usually carried to competition

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foraging

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The seeking and obtaining of food

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game theory

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An approach to evaluating alternative strategies in situations where the outcome of a particular strategy depends on the strategies used by other individuals

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Hamilton’s Rule

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The principle that for natural selection to favor an altruistic act, the benefit to the recipient, devalued by the coefficient of relatedness, must exceed the cost to the altruist

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imprinting

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In animal behavior, the formation at a specific stage in life of a long-lasting behavioral response to a specific individual or object

see also genomic imprinting

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inclusive fitness

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The total effect an individual has on proliferating its genes by producing its own offspring and by providing aid that enables other close relatives to increase production of their offspring

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innate behavior

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Animal behavior that is developmentally fixed and under strong genetic control. Innate behavior is exhibited in virtually the same form by all individuals in a population despite internal and external environmental differences during development and throughout their lifetimes

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kin selection

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Natural selection that favors altruistic behavior by enhancing the reproductive success of relatives

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learning

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The modification of behavior based on specific experiences

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mate-choice copying

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Behavior in which individuals in a population copy the mate choice of others, apparently as a result of social learning

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migration

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A regular, long-distance change in location

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monogamous

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Referring to a type of relationship in which one male mates with just one female

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optimal foraging model

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The basis for analyzing behavior as a compromise between feeding costs and feeding benefits

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pheromone

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In animals and fungi, a small molecule released into the environment that functions in communication between members of the same species. In animals, it acts much like a hormone in influencing physiology and behavior

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reciprocal altruism

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Altruistic behavior between unrelated individuals, whereby the altruistic individual benefits in the future when the beneficiary reciprocates

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sensitive period

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A limited phase in an animal’s development when learning of particular behaviors can take place; also called a critical period

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sign stimulus

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An external sensory cue that triggers a fixed action pattern by an animal

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signal

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In animal behavior, transmission of a stimulus from one animal to another. The term is also used in the context of communication in other kinds of organisms and in cell-to-cell communication in all multi-cellular organisms

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social learning

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Modification of behavior though the observation of other individuals

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sociobiology

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The study of social based on evolutionary theory

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spatial learning

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The establishment of a memory that reflects the environment’s spatial structure

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twin study

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A behavioral study in which researchers compare the behavior of identical twins raised apart with that of identical twins raised in the same household

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