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Midterm 1 Terminology Flashcards

1
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Communicate dominance, submission and appeasement to enhance survival/reproductive chances

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Ritualized signals

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2
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Synchronized actions with owners

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Social referencing

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3
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Young features/behaviour

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Neotenized

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4
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Ingesting feces

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Coprophagy

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5
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Detects pheromones for the detection of sexual receptivity

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Vomeronasal organ

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6
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Hunt when temperatures are cooler

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Crepuscular

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7
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Sleep when owner does

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Diurnal

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8
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Several bouts of sleep per night

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Polyphasic

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9
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One dog barks and others join

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Allelomimetic behaviour

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10
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Helpless at birth

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Altricial

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11
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Reciprocated bonding behaviours between two animals

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Affiliative behaviours
Allogrooming, allorubbing, allopreening

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12
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Tense encounter involving threatening posturing but no fighting yet

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Agonistic encounter

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13
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Care giving behaviour

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Epimeletic

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14
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Ovulation stimulated by copulation

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Induced ovulator

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15
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Care seeking behaviour

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Etepimeletic

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16
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Ingredient in cat nip that stimulates reaction

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Nepetalactone

17
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One male, variable female/young in horses

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Harem

18
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Displayed after period of confinement, unwanted behaviours

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Post inhibitory rebound

19
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Sleep for short durations over multiple time points

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Polyphasic

20
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Required for horse REM sleep

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Lateral recumbancy

21
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Harass birds or prey, other species for their kills

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Pirating

22
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Leave the nest

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Fledge

23
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Difference in males and females

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Sexual dimorphism

24
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Stereotypic behaviour

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Repetitive behaviour pattern with no obvious goal or function

25
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Loss of sense of smell

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Anosmic

26
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Female dog elevates rump, lifts tail to one side

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Lordosis stance

27
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pony-shaped mongolian wild horse

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Przewalski’s horse

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