basics
learning# 1
learning #2
survival & reproduction
social behavior
100
The cause that has immediate ramifications
What is proximate
100
This occurs when a stimulus is repeated and finally ignored
What is habituation
100
This type of conditioning results in an automatic involuntary response (Pavlov's dogs)
What is classical conditioning
100
food obtaining behavior
What is foraging
100
This type of behavior allocates space and resources. Animals defend these
What is territorial behavior
200
An animal's action caused by evolution.
What is ultimate cause
200
Irreversible learning limited to a sensitive period in an animals life.
What is imprinting
200
This type of conditioning contains positive or negative reinforcement (B F Skinner)
What is operant conditioning
200
A blue footed booby dances and flings out his wings- What is this called
What is courtship ritual
200
Threats, rituals and occasionally combat to settle disputes
What is agonistic behavior
300
These behaviors are performed the same way by all members of a species without learning.
What is innate
300
Konrad Lorenz is associated with this type of learning
What is imprinting
300
Learning that involves change in behavior that result from observation and imitation of others
What is social learning
300
promiscuous, monogamous, or polygamous
What are mating systems
300
pecking order, alpha male etc
What is dominance hierarchy
400
An unchanged series of actions triggered by a specific stimulus. The must go to completion.
What is a fixed action pattern (FAP)
400
Movement in a specific direction towards or away from a stimulus
What is taxis
400
problem solving behavior utilizes this brain function
What is cognition
400
These may cause abnormal behavior or reproductive abnormalities if introduced into an environment
What is endocrine disruptors
400
This reduces an individual's fitneess, but increases the fitness of others in the population
What is altruism
500
What does a determinant of behavior involve? (2 things)
What is nature and nurture- genetic and environment
500
Migratory animals utilize internal representations of objects in the surroundings such as stars
What is cognitive maps
500
A chimp uses boxes to reach a banana is this type of learning
What is problem solving
500
maximal energy gain with minimal energy expense
What is optimal foraging
500
Human behavior is influenced by both of these
What is nature and nurture (genetic and environmental)
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