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| a combination of lab and field science that integrates neuroscience and evolution |
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| How do animals work? (meeting functional demands) |
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body plans and structure
physiological mechanisms
behavior |
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| What are causes for behavior? |
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| environmetal stimuli that trigger behavior e.g. day length, visual stimuli |
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| ultimate-reason for behavior- generally believed to be due to natural selection (adaptive behavior) |
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| What does behavior result from? |
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| What is determined by genes? |
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| whether an animal CAN exhibit a particular behavior is determined by genes |
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| What is determined by environment? |
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| Whether or not an animal DOES show the trait |
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| What is the "cute response"? |
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| a theory thatinfantile features trigger a nurturing response in adults. |
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| What does the "cute response" mean evolutionarily? |
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| It makes us more likely to care for our offspring, but our preference for cuteness is so strong it spills over to tother species |
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| Give an example of the Cute response |
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| Mickey mouse, puppies, kittens |
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| Why is facial symmetry consider important? |
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| more symmetric faces are rated slighly more attractive, symmetry is a sign of heath(good development)? |
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| What does the lovebird study suggest? |
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| What is the fixed action pattern? |
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something an organism does in response to a stimulis
sequence of behavioral acts that is unchangeable and usually carried ot completion once initiated
fixed action pattern is stumulated by a sign stumulus
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| How do wasps know where to go? |
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| What are stickleback study? |
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| where males try to build a nest to try and mate. they showed agression towards other males.. the sign stimulus is the red belly. |
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IClicker Question: Yawning in humans is considered to be an example of this type of behavior
a)fixed action pattern
b)cute response
c)a behavior that deos not have a genetic component |
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| A type of learning taht is limited to a sensitive period of an animals life and is generally irreversible |
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| What is Altruistic behavior? |
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| Behavior that does not immediately benefit the individual |
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| Give an example of altruistic behavior |
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| The belting ground squirrel yell |
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| experience based modification of behavior |
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| What is classical conditioning? |
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| arbitrary stimulus related to reward or punishment |
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| What is operant condidtioning? |
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| trial and error learning, learn to associate own behavior to reward or punishment |
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| Give examples of communication |
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Pheromones
chemical trails
honeybee "dancing" |
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| Why is there multisong behavior? |
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To attract more females.
More songs=longer survivability |
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| Growls are an example on how they communicate |
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