Scientific Method
Who is deemed the father of science?
Aristotle
What is the typical definition of a behavior?
A response to a stimuli, can be internal or external
How much food that an organism leaves in a patch can be a measure for what theory?
The giving up theory
Organism that modify future behavior based on past behavior are _________.
Learning
What are the 7 steps of the scientific method?
Observation, Questions, Hypothesis, Prediction, Experiment, Analysis, & Conclusion
The evolutionary reason a behavior increases fitness would be labeled as the_______ cause.
Ultimate
What are the four classifications for foraging strategies?
suspension, deposit, fluid, and mass feeders
Everytime a student gets a good grade they get a sticker. This is an example of?
Operant Conditioning
Alex has been observing the weather every day for 2 years and determined that days in February are colder than December. Is this deductive or inductive reasoning?
Deductive
the proportion of phenotypic variation in a population in one environment that can be explained by genetic variation, is?
heritability
What are three ways organisms mimimize risk of predation or competition while foraging?
Crypsis, aposematism, displaying fitness
A dog who usually starts to bark during thunderstorms, has stopped after 3 years. This could be be an example of what type of learning?
Habituation
What are the three necessary aspects of a hypothesis?
specific, testable, falsafiable
If we explain that the reason birds migrate is due to an increase in migratory restlessness due to reduced daylight hours overlapping with their photosensitive period, it would be an example of the ______ cause?
proximate
What does ideal free distribution explain?
how organisms will arrange themselves according to food resources on the landscape
Ability to solve a problem with conscious thought and without environmental feedback is....
cognative learning
A researcher is testing the effectiveness of different dish soap brands on their grease cutting ability, measured by the greasy sensation left on a plate rated on a scale of 1-10. What is the independent variable of this experiment?
True or False: All behaviors are perfectly associated with genetics.
False
What are the costs of foraging, that influence foraging decisions? How can foraging efficiency be increased?
1. Energy spent foraging
2. Risk of predation
3. Less time finding mates or new partners
4. Energy costs of processing food
Decreasing handling time/ processing food, develop search image (learning) can increase efficiency
Another term for operant conditioning is?
trial and error learning