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ethology study of behavior and its relationship to the its evolutionary origins
Karl Von Frisch scientist known for his extensive studies of honeybee communications and the famous bee waggle dance
Niko Tinbergen known for his elucidation of the fixed action pattern
konrad lorenz famous for his work with imprinting
fixed action pattern an innate, highly stereotypic behavior that once beun is continued to completion, no matter how useless
sign stimuli external stimuli that activates a FAP
releasers sign stiumuli that are exchanged between members of the same species
habituation one of the simplest forms of learning in which an animal comes to ignore a persistent stimulus so it can go about its business
associative learning learning in which one stiumulus becomes linked to another through experience
classical conditioning when an animal learns to associate something in its environment with something else
operant conditioning when an animal learns to associate its own behavior with a reward or punishment
imprinting learning that occurs during a sensitive or critical period in an individuals life and is irreversible for the length of that period of early life
agonistic behavior aggressive behavior that may not result in fights or death
altruism behavior that reduces an individuals reproductive fitness while increasing the fitness of a group or family

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