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Animal Behavior Hickman
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
02/21/2013

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study of living forms, past and present and the relationship among living things through time.
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Systematics
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shows different natural relationships between different groups
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Systematics
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The ex: are Mire cats related to a normal cat? both are carnivores. Depends on what level of classification you are talking about
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Systematics
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used to categorize organisms into groups
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classification
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academic discipline of defining groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics and naming those groups
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taxonomy
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formal system (latin) of naming species of organisms.
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binomial nomenclature
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chronological measurement that relates stratigraphy to time and describes timing in relationship to earths history
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geological time scale
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study of the total movements made by an intact animal under nervous control as it adapts to the environment
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ethology
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something you base your facts on
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paradigm
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biology paradigm
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evolution
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chemistry paradigm
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periodic table
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learning to not respond to stimuli. accustomed or used to something
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habituated
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special units within the nervous system of young animals, that detect neural messages generated by sign stimuli and upon receipt of an appropriate signal activate motor cells triggering a fixed acton pattern of behavior
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innate releasing mechanism
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something that reduces a drive
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reward
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when we strengthen a stimulus response.
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reinforcement
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individuals behavior is modified by its consequences. may change in form frequency or strength
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conditioning
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EX: Pavlov's Dog-dogs began to salivate by conditioning of the bell
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conditioning
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theory of mind and brain of the berlin school, the brain is holistic, parallel, and analog with self-organizing tendencies.
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Gestalt psychology
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the tendency for people to do better on simple tasks in the presence of other people
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social facilitation
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copying of a novel or otherwise improbable act or utterance. some act for which there is clearly no instinctive tendency.
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True imitation
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behavioral trait passed on from generation to generation.
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tradition
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Ex: Japanes Macaques(snow monkeys) 2 yrs some washed potatoes, after 10 3/4 washed potatoes
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tradition
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voluntary intrinsically motivated activities normally associated with recreational pleasure and enjoyment
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play
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attribution of human characteristics
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anthromorphism
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phase sensitive learning that is rapid and independant of the consequences of behavior
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imprinting
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If the animal does not become imprinted at the critical period then it________ will.
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never
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learning that occurs at a very specific time period is called the
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critical period
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imprinting is reversible or irreversible?
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irreversible
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any activity that alters the behavior of other organisms
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communications
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Said imprinting is said to occur when innate (natural) behaviors are released in response to a learned stimulus
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Konrad Lorenz
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accidental communication between organisms
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Inadvertent communications
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Ex: predator escapes on a twig, prey escapes
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Inadvertent communications
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communication on purpose
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advertent communication
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___must reach a receiver to communicate
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signal
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signals

a)reach a receiver____
b)travel___ distances
c) specific or ambigious?
d)want it to stop or start______
e) want it to ______
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a)quickly
b)large
c)specific
d)quikly
e)persist
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Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist
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Carl Linnaeus
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father of modern taxonomy
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Carl Linnaeus
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laid the foundation for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature
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Carl Linnaeus
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published the first edition of systema naturae in 1735, which established itself as the starting point for zoological nomenclature
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Carl Linnaeus
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English naturalist
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Charles Darwin
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established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors
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Charles Darwin
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proposed scientific theory
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charles darwin
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evolution resulted from a process called natural selection
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Darwins Scientific theory
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Published origin of species in 1859, overcoming scientific rejection of earlier concepts
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Charles Darwin
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Austrian Zoologist, ethologist and ornithologist
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Konrad Lorenz
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one of the founders of modern ethology
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Konrad Lorenz
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studied instinctive behavior in animals.
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Konrad Lorenz
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working with geese, rediscovered the principle of imprinting
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Konrad Lorenz
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American psychologist
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John B. Watson
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established the psychological school of behaviorism
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John B. Watson
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conducted research on animal behavior, child rearing and advertising.
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John B. Watson
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published the Naked Ape in 1967.
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Desmond Morris
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Suggested there are 2 ways visual displays could have been developed.
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Desmond Morris
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Desmond Morris's 2 suggested ways that visual displays could have been developed
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visual and external
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