Exam 1 Flashcards
typological thinking
a way of looking at things only in terms of types not variations
species concept
a group of organisms that can interbreed and reproduce fertile offspring
agnostic signals
threat aggression and submission
ethology
animal behavior
ethogram
table of the different kinds of animal behavoir observed
sign stimulus
the determining feature of a stimulus that produces a response
niko tinbergen
4 central questions
organization of indicia social behavior in animals
frisch
ritulaztion of the honey bee dance
Hamilton
zahavi
handicap principle of communication
Lorenz
ducks and geese imprinting
Lamarck
inheritance of acquired characteristics
polygynandry
males and females have multiple mates
polyandry
females have multiple mates
polygny
males have multiple mates
preexisting trait hypothesis
the preference for a trait can be found before the trait evolves
preexisting bais hypothèses
female preference the evolved prior to the evolution of the trait
promiscuity
many relationships
polygamy
more than one female or male mate
unreliable signal hypothesis
some signals are unreliable indicator os male quality
multiple message hypothesis
different ornaments single different properties of a mates quality
redundant signal hypothesis
each character can only show poetical representation
mate guarding hypothesis
males should be capable or predicting females receptive and guard females close to it
intersexual selection
sexual selection between 2 sexes
intrasexual selection
same sex competes for opposite sex
anisogamy
males a females produce sex cells
scramble competition polygyny
males secure a female through competitive searching
convince polyandry
feels increase receptivity faces on the cost of resistance and mating CR excess CM
