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| When an animal or insect sacrifices its own needs for the greater good of the colony or group. Also relevant in the reproductive process. |
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| Describes any observable activity of the living animal. |
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| The production of any signal by one organism that causes another organism to change his behavior anyway beneficial to one or both. |
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| Chemicals produced by individuals that influence the behavior of other members of the same species. |
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| Initial aggression is used to establish rank which determines access to resources. This saves energy and reduces the risk of injury during future encounters. |
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| The study of animal behavior in a natural, or near natural, environment. |
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| Learning from a repeated, harmless situation. |
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| The process by which an animal forms an association with another animal or object in an environment during a sensitive time of development. |
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| An animal's instinctive behavior that is defined in their genetic makeup. |
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| A complex form of learning that requires mental manipulation to arrive at adaptive behavior. |
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| The type of natural selection that favors a certain allele because it increases the survival or reproductive success of relatives that they are the same allele. |
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| When animals learn a behavior to receive a reward or to avoid punishment — used in the training of animals. |
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| Defense of territories that contain limited resources such as mates, food, or shelter. |
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| Adaptive responses are learned through rewards or punishments provided by the environment. |
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| The form of communication is by Honeybee foragers to communicate the location of the resource. |
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