Cliffs AP Biology Animal Behavior
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clarinetchick22 on May 3, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ethology | the study of animal behavior |
| instinct | behavior that is innate, or inherited |
| FAP | innate behviors that follow a regular, unvarying pattern |
| imprinting | an innate program for aquiring a specific behavior only if an appropriate stimulus is experenced during a critical period. irreversible |
| critical period | a limited time interval during the life of an animal |
| Associative Learning | occurs when an animal reconizes that 2 or more events are connected |
| Trial and error learning | occurs when an animal connect its own behavior with a particular environmental response |
| spatial learning | occurs when an animal associates attributes of a location with the reward it gains by being able to identitfy and return to that location |
| Habituation | a learned behavior that allows the animal to disregard meaningless stimuli |
| observational learning | occurs when animals copy the behavior of another animal without having expereinced any prior reinforcemnt |
| insight | occurs when an animal, exposed to a new situation and without any prior relevant expereince, performs a behavior that generates a desirable outcome |
| packs | enable members to corner and successfully attack large prey |
| herds, flocks and schools | provide concealment, viligance and defense |
| search images | help animals find food favored or plentiful food. |
| agonostic behavior | agression and submission |
| dominance hierarchy | indicate power and status relationships between individuals in a group |
| territoriality | the active possestion and defense of the territory inw hich an animal or group of animals lives |
| altruistic behavior | seemingly unselfish behavior that appears to reduce the fitness of the individual |
| inclusive fitness | the fitness of the individual plus the fitness of the relatives |
| kin selection | a form of natural selection that increases inclusive fitness |
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