Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Chapter 25
Terms and examples
15
Biology
Undergraduate 1
08/29/2013

Additional Biology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Altruism
Definition
When an animal or insect sacrifices its own needs for the greater good of the colony or group. Also relevant in the reproductive process.
Term
Behavior
Definition
Describes any observable activity of the living animal.
Term
Communication
Definition
The production of any signal by one organism that causes another organism to change his behavior anyway beneficial to one or both.
Term
Pheromone
Definition
Chemicals produced by individuals that influence the behavior of other members of the same species.
Term
Dominance Hierarchy
Definition
Initial aggression is used to establish rank which determines access to resources. This saves energy and reduces the risk of injury during future encounters.
Term
Ethology
Definition
The study of animal behavior in a natural, or near natural, environment.
Term
Habituation
Definition
Learning from a repeated, harmless situation.
Term
Imprinting
Definition
The process by which an animal forms an association with another animal or object in an environment during a sensitive time of development.
Term
Innate
Definition
An animal's instinctive behavior that is defined in their genetic makeup.
Term
Insight Learning
Definition
A complex form of learning that requires mental manipulation to arrive at adaptive behavior.
Term
Kin Selection
Definition
The type of natural selection that favors a certain allele because it increases the survival or reproductive success of relatives that they are the same allele.
Term
Operant Conditioning
Definition
When animals learn a behavior to receive a reward or to avoid punishment — used in the training of animals.
Term
Territoriality
Definition
Defense of territories that contain limited resources such as mates, food, or shelter.
Term
Trial-and-error Learning
Definition
Adaptive responses are learned through rewards or punishments provided by the environment.
Term
Waggle Dance
Definition
The form of communication is by Honeybee foragers to communicate the location of the resource.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!