Learning
Learning involves changes in this that result from experience
What is Behavior
Daily cycle of activity
The type of behavior that is inborn
What is Innate
Mating with a single partner during a breeding season
Monogamy
This is 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 Diurnal
The type of behavior that has been modified in response to environmental experiences
What is 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
This type of cause explains immediate mechanisms behind behavior, including 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
This structure within the hypothalamus is where the master clock that controls circadian rhythms is located in mammals
What is Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
The two body systems that behavior is mainly influenced by
What is Nervous and Endocrine Systems
A small display area where males gather to compete for females
What is Lek