Evolution
What is the term that describes the opposite of selfish behavior shown in advanced social behavior?
Kin selection (19)
Aristotle (21)
______ Is the term for the science of animal behavior.
Ethology (21)
Today, animal behavior research is a _______ form.
multidisciplinary. (22)
What was the earliest form of animal behavior research?
Simple observation. (25)
Evolution is bound by the laws of ______.
Physics. (18)
What is the name of Charles Darwin's book?
On the Origins of Species (1859) (21)
What is the term for the science of animal behavior?
Ethology. (21)
A chimpanzee's teeth 'smile' being mistaken for happiness is a form of what?
Bias. (24)
Observation studies describe the frequency of a behavior. What can't be concluded by observation?
The reasons behind behavior. (25)
Animals that reproduce _______ tend to be more primitive than animals that reproduce ______ (fill in both blanks!)
Asexually, sexually (18)
Who is the Ethologist with a famous 4 questions?
Nikolaas Tinbergen (22)
What is the mechanism that drives evolution?
Natural Selection. (17)
Which of the four questions relates to the reason behind an animals behavior?
Cause / Mechanism. (23)
What is one method of creating a standardized measure for animal behavior?
Using an ethogram. (26)
Besides the oxygen levels of the earth, what is a limitation that keep animals from growing exponentially larger?
Animals must gain more energy than they exert. (18)
Charles Darwin is best known for his study of animals where?
The Galapagos Islands (21)
A type of learning where an animal develops a specific response critical for survival EARLY in life as demonstrated by Lorenz is defined as what?
Imprinting. (22 + glossary)
What are the four questions by Tinbergen about?
Function, evolution, causation, and development. (22)
What are benefits of machine learning?
Behavior can be detected quickly, accurately, and be free of bias. (27)
A low reproductive rate makes genetic code _____.
Stable. (18)
Who are ALL THREE fathers of ethology?
Konrad Lorenz, Niko Tinbergen, and Karl von Frisch. (21)
What is the term that describes the human tendency to use human characteristics to explain the behavior or intentions of animals WITHOUT scientific evidence?
Anthropomorphism (24 + glossary)
The last of the four questions, history, is used to understand what?
How the behavior is changed over time, what other animals might exhibit the behavior (either work)
(23)
The fact that dopamine is common to such different types of animals suggests what?
It evolved a very long time ago and must be necessary for life. (27)