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| The set of genes that the individual inherits. |
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| The observable properties of the body and behavioral traits that result from the genotype. |
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| Mechanisms of behavior are products of natural selection, and they came about because they promoted survival and reproduction. |
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| Behavior explained at the evolutionary level. How it helps the animal's survival and reproduction. |
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| Behavior explained as caused by immediate condition, inside and outside the animal. |
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| The difference between behaviors that are instinctive and those that are not. |
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| Similarity between species that are a result of the different species' common ancestry. |
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| Similarity between species that results from convergent evolution. |
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| When an individual helps another while decreasing its own survival chance or reproductive capacity. |
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| Altruistic behavior occurs because it preferentially helps close relatives, who are genetically most similar to the helper. |
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| Altruistic behavior are actually forms of long-term cooperation. |
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| When one equaates what is "natural" with what is "moral". |
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| When one assumes that genetic influences on our behavior actually controls our behavior. |
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