chp 1: principle of animal behavior

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behavior

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any observable activity that an animal performs or the way an animal acts in response to stimulation

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what is the term animal behavior used to do

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to collectively designate how an animal responds to its environment

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environment includes

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plants and other animals as well as such nonliving constituents as light and sound

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behavioral traits are an important part of an animal’s

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phenotype

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what is phenotype

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observable activity

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ethology

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the study of animal behavior in its natural habitat

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natural ethologians

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document behavior as part of the general biology of organisms

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early 1900s

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formal discipline of animal science behavior evolved

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k. lorenz

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studied WATERFOWL and other organisms’ mechanisms of IMPRINTING

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N. tinbergen

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studied gulls and other organisms for work on the organization and causes of social and individual patterns of behavior in animals

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k. von frisch

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studied communication in bees’ WAGGLE DANCE

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behavioral ecology

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studies how behavior develops, evolves, and contributes to survival and reproductive success

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ethology

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the study of the behavior of animals in their natural habitat, usually proposing evolutionary explanations

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why do we study animal behavior

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1) commonality
2) understanding common underlying principles (survival)
3) co-habitation (that leads to territory invasion)
4) protecting and managing animals (both domesticated + wild)

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PROXIMATE questions (how or what)

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1) mechanism (what sort of neurobiological changes occur in response to a stimuli)
2) development (how does behavior change with development)

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ULTIMATE questions (evolutionary significance/ why)

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1) survival value (how behavior effects survival + reproduction
2) evolutionary history (how behavior varies as a result of evolution)

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3 PILLARS OF ETHOLOGY

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1) NATURAL SELECTION
2) INDIVIDUAL LEARNING
3) CULTURAL TRANSMISSION

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natural selection is best described as a process through which the frequency of

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traits that confer reproductive and/or survival success and that are heritable increase over generations

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for natural selection to occur

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1) genes must be heritable
2) individual variation
3) unequal reproductive success (INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION)
4) over-reproduction

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the product of natural selection is

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ADAPTATION

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natural selection is a ___ of evolution

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MECHANISM

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natural selection operates on

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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

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Marlene Zuk’s work on field crickets of the Hawaiian Islands has shed much light on how natural selection can operate in the wild over short periods of time. Which of the following phrases best describes Zuk’s primary findings?

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parasitic flies exerted strong selection on wing morphology of the field crickets, rendering them incapable of producing songs

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Xenophobia is defines as the

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fear of unknown individuals from outsides one’s group

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mesic habitat

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type of habitat with a MODERATE OR WELL-BALANCED SUPPLY OF RESOURCES

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arid habitat

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type of habitat with a SEVERE LACK OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES

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LEARNING

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the modification of behavior based on specific/prior experiences

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INNATE BEHAVIOR

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automatic, fixed, “built-in”

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LEARNED BEHAVIOR

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modified by experience and triggered by a stimulus

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what is the difference between learning and natural selection

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LEARNING IS ACCOMPANY WITH PRIOR EXPERIENCE AND HAPPENS WITHINNNN A GENERATION, WHILE NATURAL SELECT IS CHANGING WITHIN THE COURSE OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S LIFETIMEEE

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can learning and natural selection operate independently

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NO

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INDIVIDUAL LEARNING

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personal experience
- INFO IS LOST WHEN ANIMAL DIES

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CULTURAL TRANSMISSION

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the transfer of information by teaching, coping or social learning
- OBSERVER + DEMONSTRATOR

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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CULTURAL TRANSMISSION AND INDIVIDUAL LEARNING

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individual learning does not permit the transmission of information across generations, while cultural transmission does

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GROUP LEARNING

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social learning/ transmission of information

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ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING (REWARD OR PUNISHMENT)

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learning relating stimulus to another stimulus or to a behavioral response

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types of associative learning

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CLASSICAL CONDITIONING (reward or punishment linked to arbitrary stimulus) B.F. SKINNER

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natural associations are made through

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TRIAL-AND-ERROR LEARNING

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THE BENEFIT OF LEARNING

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1) quicker growth
2) more eggs laying
3) bigger egg size

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HABITUATION

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animal learns not to respond to an unimportant stimulus
- prevents animals from wasting energy (adaptive)

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TEACHING

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one INSTRUCTOR and at least one PUPIL

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ETHOLOGICAL APPROACHES (observation in natural environment) TO STUDY ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

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CONCEPTUAL (combination of ideas from different disciplines)
THEORETICAL
EMPERICAL