lecture 7 - animal personality

Question 1

what is animal personality

Answer 1

systematic (repeatable) within-population differences in behavioral tendencies that are stable over time and correlated across different situations and contexts

Question 2

what about animal personality is heritable

Answer 2

consistent long-term behavioral differences

Question 3

when can consistent long term behavioral differences among individuals be affected by individual/social learning

Answer 3

when learning occurs early in dev and has long term effects

Question 4

what are coping styles

Answer 4

refer to specific efforts that animals employ to master, tolerate, reduce or minimize stressful events

Question 5

what are behavioral syndrones

Answer 5

suite of correlated behaviors expressed either within given behavioral context or across different contexts

Question 6

what is a behavioral syndrome in barnacle geese

Answer 6

birds that are leaders are more willing to explore novel objects

Question 7

why is a range of personality traits important

Answer 7

Need a variety of personality traits for natural populations to be resilient (need them all !!!! )

Question 8

how does boldness affect fallow deer bucks

Answer 8

The bolder the buck, the bigger the antlers which helps with both male-male comp and female-male comp however they die earlier