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Unit 3: Animal Behavior > Unit Review > Flashcards

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Alpha Dog

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The highest-ranking dog in any group

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Behavior Modification Programs

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Training courses that use rewards and reprimands to stimulate changes in behavior

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Behaviorism

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The ethological approach that holds that behavior is learned rather than genetically programmed

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Breaking Litter Box Training

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When a cat urinates or defecates someplace other than its litter box

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Breeding

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Behaviors that produce and provide for a new generation

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Carnivorous

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Meat-eating

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Classical Conditioning

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The type of conditioned learning that associates stimuli that occur at approximately the same time or in roughly the same area

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Classical Ethology

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Asserts that much of what animals know is instinctive or innate

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Classroom

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Dog-training sessions conducted in classes with other dogs and owners, geared to familiarizing a dog with other dogs and strangers, thereby minimizing aggressive tendencies

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Conditioned Stimulus

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Sensory input unrelated to a simple reflex behavior

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Corrective Collar

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A sliding chain collar, also called a choke collar or choke chain, designed to apply pressure on a dog’s neck with a slight tug

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Courtship

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Attracting a mate

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Dance

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A complex pattern of movements performed by a bee that directs other bees to a food source

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Estrus

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The second stage of heat, during which the female becomes fertile

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Ethology

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The study of animal behavior

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Evolution

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The scientific theory that characterizes all related organisms as descended from common ancestors

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Feeding

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The taking or giving of food

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Fixed Action Pattern

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A term used by early ethologists to describe stereotypical or predictable species behaviors

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Function

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In ethological terms, survival value

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Grooming

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Keeping clean and free of parasites

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Habituation

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The process of learning that certain objects and events have little bearing on survival and can thus be ignored

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Hackles

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The hairs over the neck and back that stand up in response to fright or anger

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Heat

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The female fertile cycle

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Herbivores

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Animals that don’t eat other animals or insects

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Hermaphrodites

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Organisms equipped with both male and female sexual organs

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Hoarding

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Storing surplus food against future need

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House Soiling

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Urinating or defecating inside the home

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Imprinting

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The acquisition in the very young of certain fixed action patterns

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Innate

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Instinctive

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Instinct

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A combination of unlearned responses characteristic of a species

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Instrumental Learning

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Learning by trial and error

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Jacobsen’s Organ

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A tiny opening in a cat’s mouth that combines smell and taste to record and locate smells more precisely

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Kennel Training

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Intensive dog-training sessions that involve boarding the dog at a kennel for a period of two weeks or longer

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Locomotion

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Movement, or the ability to move from one place to another

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Mapping

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The process an animal uses to assess a new environment

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Mating

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The process that combines both parents’ genetic material

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Migration

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Movement of living things from one geographic area to another by their own volition

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Natural Selection

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The process that awards survival and reproductive success to individuals and groups best adjusted to their environment

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Naturalists

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Natural scientists

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Nature-Nurture Controversy

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The importance of learning versus the importance of instinct

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Navigation

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Animals are guided by the sun, stars, and features of the land.

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Operant Conditioning

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The type of conditioned learning that associates a certain activity, known as the operant, with punishment or reward

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Operant

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Functioning or tending to produce effects

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Parental Behavior

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The various techniques employed by animals to provide for their offspring

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Play

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Animal activity that shows no direct or immediate bearing upon survival

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Preen

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What birds do to pluck away soiled feathers, parasites, and undesirable particles

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Private Lessons

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Dog-training sessions conducted in the owner’s home, or occasionally at the trainer’s studio or classroom; the trainer works closely with both owner and dog to instill basic commands or resolve problems.

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Proestrus

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The first stage of heat, during which the female isn’t fertile

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Recognition of Individuals

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The process that allows animals to distinguish their place in a social context broader than their relationship with primary caregivers

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Sensitive Period

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A specific stage early in an animal’s life when imprinting occurs

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Shake Can

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A can with pebbles or coins in it designed to startle a dog back to attention

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Social Behavior

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The ways individual members of the same species interact with one another

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Socialization

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The process of adapting to contact with others

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Sociobiology

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The study of the biological bases of social behavior

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Spatial Learning

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Mapping

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Spraying

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Staining surfaces with a strong-smelling urine

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Stimulus-Response Theory

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The psychological school of thought that holds all complex forms of behavior,including emotions, thoughts, and habits, are complex muscular and glandular responses that can be observed and measured

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Territorial

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Prone to defining and defending areas of sleep, eating, exercise, and play

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Throw Chain

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A chain that’s thrown on the ground to startle a dog back to attention

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Training Leash

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A six-foot dog leash allowing the dog some freedom of movement while still affording ample control

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Unconditioned Response

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A simple reflex behavior

62
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Unconditioned Stimulus

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Sensory input that produces a simple reflex behavior

63
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Wobble

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A training maneuver designed to disorient a bird by abruptly dropping the hand it’s perched upon

Unit 3: Animal Behavior (10 decks)

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