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Chapter 54 Behavioral Biology
54.1, 54.3, 54.4 Concepts
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Biology
12th Grade
12/11/2013

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What is Proximate Causation?
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the "how" of behavior, studies the immediate cause of behavior
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What is Ultimate Causation?
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the "why" of behavior, studies the evolutionary significance and how it influences survival and reproduction
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What is innate/instinctive behavior?
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behavior is a response to an environmental trigger that does not require learning
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What is Habituation?
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A form of nonassociative learning; a decrease in response to repeated nonessential stimuli
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What is associative learning?
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A change in behavior by association of two stimuli or by behavior and a response
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What is classical conditioning?
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Occurs when two stimuli are associated with eachother
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What is Operant Conditioning?
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Occurs when an animal associates a behavior with reward or punishment
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What is Imprinting?
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A form of learning in which a young animal forms a social attachment to other indiviuals or develops preferences that will influence behavior later in life
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What is a genetic template?
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guides their learning as behavior develops
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