Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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Humans belong to the order… the group that contains lemurs, arises, galagos, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes.

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Primates

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We are one of the five extant species of … - chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, orangutans, humans

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Greater Apes

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3
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Humans and … cohabitated and procreated at some point in time

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Neanderthals

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4
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The ____ method - comparing a cognitive trait in several closely related species

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comparative

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5
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______ hide food and must remember where they stored it to survive

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Corvids

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6
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How do we test spatial memory in corvids?

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through examining caching (food storing)

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7
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Which environmental pressures influenced caching behavior and ability to recall locations with corvids?

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high/low altitude, low temps, limited food supply

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8
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Why do male meadow voles have a larger hippocampus than their counterparts?

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They are polygynous, therefore they have a greater home range & need to navigate, while females are expected to stay home

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9
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A suite of correlated behaviors that are consistent in an individual across multiple situations?

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behavior syndrome

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10
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mammals and birds have a very ____ brain for their body size

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large

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11
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reptiles, fish, ells have a much _____ brain size than mammals and birds

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smaller

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12
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evolutionary increase in the complexity or relative size of the brain, a shift of function from non-cortical parts to the cortex?

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encephalization

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13
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_______ _______ - the ratio between brain mass and predicted brain mass for animal of any given size

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encephalization quotient

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14
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birds with social and tool-using abilities have a ____ ______

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High EQ (encephalization quotient)

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15
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the acquisition of the same biological trait in unrelated lineages, usually due to similar eco. evolutionary pressures

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convergent evolution

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16
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traits arising through convergent evolution

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analogous traits

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17
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similarity in species of different ancestry due to convergent evolution

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homoplasy

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18
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Webbed feet are an example of …

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convergent evolution - analogous traits

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19
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The hummingbird moth and hummingbird are an example of _________ in evolution.

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homoplasy

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20
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morphological, behavioral, physiological, cognitive traits associated w/ ecological demands particular to a species/group of species

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adaptive specialization

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21
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beaks of finches were observed to be different depending on …

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which food they eat

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22
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evolution and movement of an animal into a wide variety of types adapted to specialized modes of life

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adaptive radiation

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23
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Nuts died out from a drought, leaving smaller nuts. What will happen to the finches’ beaks over time?

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their beaks will gradually become smaller to access smaller nuts

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24
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Comparative embryology shows that _____ and _____ embryos are extremely similar until a certain age.

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Pig and human

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25
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Pre-industrial revolution, trees were lighter. After, trees became more sooty. What will happen to a light peppered moth?

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The moth will adapt to be darker to blend with the trees.

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26
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____ breeding is the fastest example of artificial selection

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dog

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27
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when genes replicate and there are mistakes caused in copying

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random mutations

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28
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model of evolution where speciation is slow, uniform, and gradual

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phyletic gradualism

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29
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proposes most species will exhibit little change for most of geological history, then rapid changes occur that are associated with rare geological events

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punctuated equilibrium

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30
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false belief that evolution strives to create a perfect being

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evolutionary progressivism

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31
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perceptions begin with units of sensation, emphasis on components over the whole; the environment grabs our attention then we respond

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bottom-up

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32
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focus on how experiences and knowledge are critical in forming perceptions, our goals influence what we are processing

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top-down

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33
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If we see a spider on the ground and jump, what is this an example of ?

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bottom-up processing

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34
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If we see a spider on the ground and walk away, knowing it won’t cause harm, what is this an example of?

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top-down processing

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35
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how we combine features of objects to detect object forms, textures, targets, boundaries

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feature integration theory

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36
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______ stage - when target shares many features with the background; search for target is serial, adding more distractors will increase search time

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attentive

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37
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searching all at once; reaction time doesn’t increase even when numbers of distractors in display increase

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parallel processing

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38
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looking from item to item; reaction time to finding target increases as number of distractors increases

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serial processing

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39
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If a bright yellow pen is dropped on a gray floor, this would be an example of …

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parallel processing

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40
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When you are looking for Froot Loops in the cereal aisle, this is an example of …

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serial processing

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41
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performance facilitated by presenting a cue that has been associated w/ the target

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associative priming

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42
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having a mental image of what prey should look like enhances the ability to detect matching items

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search image

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43
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tendency for different individuals of the same species to have markedly different colors or patterns

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polymorphism

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44
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Animals must constantly switch between foraging for food and examining their surroundings for predators. both cannot be done simultaneously. this is an example of…

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divided attention

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45
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an individual can spend more time foraging while others are available to warn them

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shared vigilance

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46
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meerkats will find the highest point of an area and show guarding behaviors, __________ survival of other group members

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increasing

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47
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Birds or fish will flock/swim in groups of menacing patterns to fend off prey. Example of?

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dilution effect

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48
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______ neurons collect info from external stimuli such as light waves, sound waves, chemicals, pressure

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sensory

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49
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interpretation of sensory info

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perception

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50
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_______ rely heavily on vision

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primates

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51
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the important layer where vision is produced and transmitted to the brain

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retina

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52
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___ transduce light/dark and ___ transduce lg/sm wavelengths

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rods; cones

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53
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___ are found primarily in the fovea

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cones

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54
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____ are located in the periphery of the retina

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rods

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55
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Frogs have larger ____ to see well in the dark because they are nocturnal.

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rods

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56
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Dogs cannot discriminate between ___ and ____ color

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red and green

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57
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the reflective structure on a cat’s eye is the …

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tapetum

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58
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____ and ____ have a visible spectrum that extends into the UV range.

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birds and insects

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59
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these hold an owl’s eyes in place because they cannot move their eyes; forcing them to turn their whole head.

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sclerotic rings

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60
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clusters of photoreceptor cells; found in insect’s vision

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ommatidia

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61
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______ have good binocular and stereoscopic vision, with eyes set in front

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predators

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62
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____ _______ have eyes on the side of their heads, a wide visual field good for detecting movements

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prey animals

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63
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many birds have two _____ which helps identify motion in the peripheral field; judging speed and distance

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foveae

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64
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How would the olfaction skills of a mole be?

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They would have a keen sense of smell because they must know where they are going underground to not expend energy.

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65
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This animal has disc-shaped funnels to filter background noise when hunting prey.

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barn owl

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66
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natural selection favors ____ animals with adaptive specializations

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prey

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67
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when a predator and prey “one-up” each other with the ability to hide and seek one another; leads to adaptive specialization

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evolutionary arms race

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68
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ability of an organism to avoid detection through visual, auditory, and/or olfactory modalities

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crypticity

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69
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The ______ ______ happened when a protein affected the amount of melanin injected into the growing hair, causing a banding effect.

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Agouti coloration

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70
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In a BBC video, a cuttlefish was seen trying to mimic the shape and color of his surroundings. This was an example of…

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crypticity

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71
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A warning signal associated w/ unprofitability of a prey to potential predators

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aposematism

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72
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_____ mimicry- when two or more species have similar warning signals and share genuine anti-predation attributes

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Müllerian mimicry

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73
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______ mimicry - the mimic shares signals similar to their model, but doesn’t have the attribute to make it unprofitable to predators

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batesian mimicry

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74
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The video of the bat and bembyx moth showed that they each had special sensory channels and stimulus coding mechanisms. This was an example of …

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coevolution

75
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examines ability of an organism to discern between info-bearing energy patterns and random energy patterns that distract from the info

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signal detection theory

76
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attempted to account for all learning within the same set of principles

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general process learning theory

77
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animals being reinforced with food to perform a task engage in counterproductive species specific food related behaviors

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instinctive drift

78
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the raccoon washing behavior is an example of…

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autoshaping

79
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occurs with minimum experience, learning can occur even with hours in between toxin and sickness

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conditioned taste aversion

80
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process of changing behavior by following response w/ reinforcement or punishment

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operant conditioning

81
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increases the probability that a response will be repeated

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reinforcement

82
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decreases probability of a response

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punishment

83
Q

to increase your winning, the coach gives you a prize for achievement. What is this an example of?

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positive reinforcement

84
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To increase your cleaning your room, your mother stops nagging when you clean it. Example of?

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Negative reinforcement

85
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To decrease your whining, your mother spanks you. Example of?

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positive punishment

86
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To decrease you staying out late, your father takes away your car keys. Example of?

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negative punishment

87
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Birdsong learning has been an important model for both classical and operant learning, specifically in ___________ ________.

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Isolation studies

88
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birds have a ___________ and area ____, which are analogous to human Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas.

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higher vocal center (HVC) and area X

89
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A puff of air is blown into the eye just after a bell is played. After several reps, the eye ______ when just the bell is played.

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blinks

90
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the process that establishes or strengthens a CR

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acquisition

91
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The CS is repeatedly presented without the US until the response is extinguished.

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extinction

92
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________ conditioning is when the CS and US overlap

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delayed conditioning

93
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___________ conditioning is when the CS occurs totally before the US

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trace conditioning

94
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_______ conditioning - CS occurs after the US (not useful for learning)

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backward conditioning

95
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How close in time are the CS and US paired?

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contiguity

96
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interval of time between the CS and US

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inter-stimulus interval (ISI)

97
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long ISIs can still result in learning

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taste aversion learning

98
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interval of time between pairings of the CS and US

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inter-trial interval (ITI)

99
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what is the probability that the CS will precede the US?

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contingency

100
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the state of quality of an item that stands out relative to neighboring items

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visual saliency

101
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prev. learning disrupts the CS-US contingency

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prior experience

102
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2 or more stimuli presented together, often as CS

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compound stimulus

103
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one of the components of a compound stimulus is more effective than the other in eliciting the CR

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overshadowing

104
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_______ -prior experience causes one part of a compound stimulus to be ineffective

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blocking

105
Q

The theory that an organism does not profit equally from each training trial… How much one profits depends on how much one already knows

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Rescorla-Wagner Theory

106
Q

Clicker training in dogs is an example of a ___________ __________

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secondary reinforcer

107
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CS acts as a substitute for the US

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Stimulus-Substitution Theory

108
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stimulus evokes decreased response over time so animals can avoid costly responses when there is no benefit from responding to repeated stimulation

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habituation

109
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The video of the horse being afraid of a plastic bag is an example of…

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Habituation - the horse reacts to the stimuli negatively until the plastic is rubbed on him and he can become accustomed

110
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Dik-diks that were habituated to humans were less able to discriminate predators calls than were animals that were not used to humans. This suggests…

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exposure to humans poses a threat to prey species.

111
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when a stimulus evokes an increase response over time

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sensitization

112
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habituation of a prev. sensitized response

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desensitization

113
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sensitization of prev. sensitized response

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dishabituation

114
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fear of new things/experiences

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neophobia

115
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Rats have taken little nibbles of a food and it made them sick. They then do not return to the food. Example of?

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food neophobia

116
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tendency to like new things, noveltyseeking

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neophilia

117
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Infant visual habituation paradigm - infants shown two pictures simultaneously and the infants’ looking times to the pictures were recorded – main finding?

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infants can differentiate between novel and familiar stimuli

118
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The philosophical argument about whether or not animals share mental capacities with humans is called the _______ debate

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continuity

119
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_________ is a theoretical evolutionary model in which species remain relatively unchanged for a long time, and an environmental event triggers rapid changes.

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punctuated equilibrium

120
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___________ is when human attributes like emotions and behaviors are given to non-human subjects.

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anthropomorphism

121
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A dog showing their teeth is described as “happy”. A wolf howling is described as “talking”. Examples of?

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anthropomorphism

122
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Why is it important to study sensory systems in animal cognition?

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Senses give a large understanding of how an animal operates like vision or olfactory senses. Knowing about these senses allows us to design appropriate experiments for the animal.

123
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In a video from class, a stimulus was placed into a fish tank - a circle and hyphen - where the fish was trained to get food from a syringe and eventually learned they would get a bite of food if they touched the stimuli. Example of?

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object recognition training in fish

124
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_______ _________ is a special type of recognition that has evolutionary importance.

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face recognition

125
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Kanwisher and colleagues conducted experiments that isolated the specific brain area that fires action potential selectively when we view faces. This was named the …

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Fusiform Face Area (FFA)

126
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In a video from class, we watched how a baby starts with undeveloped eyesight and tries to make sense of their surroundings, only seeing contrasts of lights and darks. This showed…

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how facial recognition has evolutionary importance - babies can recognize their mothers contrast of the face

127
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What did the video “A murder of crows” detail?

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human facial recognition by crows - a man in a mask took one of them, leading a whole species to alarm call when they recognize anyone with the mask

128
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facial blindess

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prosopagnosia

129
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damage to this area or a genetic defect will cause prosopagnosia

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Fusiform Face Area (FFA)

130
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Father of ethology

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Konrad Lorenz

131
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Greylag geese study by Lorenz

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two groups of geese were hatched - one by mom and one in incubator - when mixed in a group they would segregate to who they were first exposed - Konrad or mother goose

132
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Lorenz discovered that geese could also imprint on _______ _______

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inanimate objects - they followed a box placed on a model train in one experiment

133
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form of learning where a very young animal fixes its attention on the first object which it has an experience with and follows that object after

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imprinting

134
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Operation migration did what?

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sought to save whooping cranes by teaching them migration without imprinting on humans. they used disguises and a sound machine and ultralight sounds of a plane to help sensitize the birds.

135
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Johnson and Bolhuis identified two independent neural systems that control ______ _______ in precocial birds

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filial imprinting

136
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Filial imprinting is based on these two neural systems

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instinct and learning

137
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why would imprinting not be genetically programmed and automatic?

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A neural imprinting system allows more adaptive flexibility and is an advantage - if their mother dies, they can be adopted by another family member.

138
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process by which a young animal learns characteristics of a desirable mate

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sexual imprinting

139
Q

Male zebra finches prefer to mate with a female _____ the one that reared them, rather than their birth parent.

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resembling

140
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Example of cross-fostering?

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goats raised by sheep mature and prefer to mate with sheep - sheep raised by goats prefer to have goats as mates

141
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Why do many fathers leave after mating with females?

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They leave so inbreeding won’t happen with family members.

142
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an endangered nocturnal parrot from NZ suffered an illness which led to him being taken away from his mother and hand-raised by rangers. He imprinted on humans and doesn’t interact with other parrots.What issue does this create?

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The kakapo is afraid of other kakapos which creates a problem for conservation because they may not want to breed with others of the same species.

143
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Lorenz’s geese sometimes imprinted on shoes or wading boots, which could help explain ______

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fetishism

144
Q

animal’s ability to distinguish kin and non-kin

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kin recognition

145
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preferential treatment of kin

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nepotism

146
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Beldings’ ground squirrels use scents from oral and dorsal glands to discriminate among unfamiliar relatives can recognize distant kin and alter interactions as a function of relatedness. Ex of?

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kin recognition

147
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evolutionary strategy that favors reproductive success of organism’s relatives, even at a cost to organism’s own survival and reproduction

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kin selection

148
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all of one’s own offspring that survive to reproduce plus number of related offspring that one can add to the population by supporting others

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inclusive fitness

149
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an organism can improve its overall genetic success by exhibiting altruistic ______ ______ to its kin

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social behavior

150
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offspring raised by older female sibling or a grandmother

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allomothering

151
Q

cooperative brood care

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eusociality

152
Q

________ shrimp collectively protect the young in the colony, many of which are related

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eusocial

153
Q

offspring recognition is evolutionarily favored because…

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raising young is energetically costly and you don’t want to raise someone else’s offspring

154
Q

King penguins video is an example of

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offspring recognition - they leave young in big groups and call to find their offspring when they return - the chick must follow their parent so they ensure they’re the right offspring

155
Q

Sea lion pup scent recognition

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they use scent from a pup and her own pup and place it on fake pups - count number of nose bumps sea lion gives the fake pup

156
Q

organism’s genetic info

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genotype

157
Q

organism’s observable info

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phenotype

158
Q

A phenotype results from the expression of an organism’s _____ and ______ factors

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genetic and environmental

159
Q

an individual learns its own phenotype and stores this representation in its memory, later comparing other individual to this template

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phenotype matching

160
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phenotype matching assumes that individuals that most closely resemble one’s phenotype are most likely to match one’s _________ too

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genotype

161
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directly recognizing copies of one’s own alleles in other individuals

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recognition alleles

162
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The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is an example of…

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recognition alleles in human females - smelly t-shirt experiment - were able to smell genetically compatible mate

163
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females prefer t-shirts worn by men with _________ MHC than their own, which may confer immunological benefits to offspring

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different

164
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song learning and tutor in Zebra Finches

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Article 1 - exp 1 - most start at 25d and need contact with father for accuracy - onset corresponds with neural circuits for song learning
exp 2- young chose father of a single stranger male or stranger male with female company - filial bond could be due to preference
exp 3 - small preference to copy male song that is female-directed - young males learn acoustic features and visual/dynamic movements of tutors that constitute courtship

165
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one-trial appetitive condition in sexual behavior system

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Article 2 - male Japanese quail - determined if appetitive US opportunity to mate with female can generate one trial learning
Found - birds receiving CS and US pairing approached the model bird for mating more than the actual

166
Q

________ theory includes variation, heritability, survival, and reproduction

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Darwin’s

167
Q

adaptations to one’s environmental problem that can be co-opted to solve another

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exaptations

168
Q

side effects of adaptations - Ex. bellybutton from umbilical cord

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byproducts

169
Q

chance mutations that don’t provide any advantage - Ex. curvature of bellybutton

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random effects

170
Q

no need to attribute complex thought processes to animals if their behavior can be explained by simple mechanisms

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Morgan’s canon

171
Q

animals form more complex mental representations of their environment

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Tolman - animal thought

172
Q

stereotyped, species-typical behavior that occur in rigid order and are triggered by specific stimulus in enviroment

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fixed action patterns (FAP)

173
Q

questions of ethology - adaptive

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what is the function of behavior?

174
Q

questions of ethology - evolution

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how did behavior develop across evolution and how does it compare to behaviors of closely related species?

175
Q

questions of ethology - ontogeny

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how does behavior change across the lifespan of an organism?

176
Q

questions of ethology - immediate causation

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what are internal mechanisms that produce behavior?

177
Q

a male robin singing in spring to attract a mate or as a territorial defense would be an ______ ultimate cause

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adaptive

178
Q

bigger/stronger vocals are more attractive to females. Example of an _________ ultimate cause

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evolution

179
Q

characteristic of male robin song from exposure to other males during development is example of _______ proximate cause

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ontogeny

180
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singing when long periods of daylight promote hormone production that acts on specific brain areas for vocalization is example of ________ proximate cause

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immediate causation

181
Q

behaviors that maximize gain and minimize costs are _______ and more likely to be ______ to the next generation

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adaptive; passed

182
Q

individual species develop different strategies for dealing with same fitness related problem

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common adaptation

183
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