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What an animal does and how an animal does it |
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immediate stimulus, it explains how behavior is caused |
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modified to response of experience |
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What is behavior ecology? |
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study of behavior in natural environment from an evolutionary perspective |
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Interaction between organisms and environment. |
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What are the two types of behavior causes? |
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why a behavior evolved it explains reproductive and survival success |
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True or False All behavior has no genetic basis |
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True or False All behavior is modified by environment |
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What happens when the benefit is greater? |
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What is learning an example of ? |
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learned not to respond to repeated stimulus |
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Associative learning/condition |
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association made between stimulus and response |
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A type of associative learning in which an involuntary response comes to be associated positively and negatively with a stimulus that did not originally elicit the response |
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an individual's behaviour is shaped by reinforcement or by punishment. |
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learning by observing another's performance |
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make new associations between previously learned items to solve a new problem |
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form association with another individual or object during critical period early in life; long-lasting |
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interaction between two or more animals (usually same species) |
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What are the essential communications for social behavior? |
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Visual auditory tactile chemical |
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How is a social system determined? |
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behavior that helps others |
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reproductive success measured by viable offspring |
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individual reduces their own fitness and increases the fitness of another individual |
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altruist expects a future benefit from initial sacrifice |
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sum of an individual’s direct fitness and indirect fitness (number of offspring of relatives) |
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