Learning
Learning involves changes in this that results from experience
What is Behavior
Daily cycles of activity
What is circadian rhythm
The type of behavior that is inborn
what is innate
Mating with a single partner during a breeding season
what is monogamy
A type of learning in which an animal learns to ignore an irrelevant stimulus
What is habituation
Animals that are most active during the day
What is di-urnal
The type of behavior that has been modified in response to environmental experiences
what is adaptive (learned)?
These type of rituals allow females to determine if a male is indeed a male
what is courtship rituals
This type of learning occurs during a critical period, usually right after birth
What is imprinting
The biological cycle that reflects the phases of the moon
what is lunar cycle
This type of cause includes immediate causes such as genetic and developmental processes
What is proximate
A mating system in which males fertilize the eggs of many females during a breeding
season
what is polygyny
Includes thinking, processing information, learning, reasoning, perception, etc
What is cognition
Animals that are most active at dawn or dusk
what is nocturnal
A type of cooperative behavior in which an individual seems to benefit others rather than
itself
what is altruism
The mating system in which one female mates with many males
What is polyandry
Another name for warning coloration
what is aposematic coloration
In mammals, the master clock is located in this within the hypothalamus
What is superchiasmatic nucleus (SCN)
The two body systems that behavior is mainly influenced by
what is nervous system and endocrine system?
A small display area where males gather to compete for females
what is lek