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what an animal does as it interacts with an environment. - asking questions lead to inquiry - inquiry leads to observation |
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observing animal behaivor |
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usually the best way to gain information |
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an explanation inters of immediate interaction with the environment - answer the " how" question |
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based on organism's evolutionary adaptaiton - answers "why" question |
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| innate, social, competitive, agressive,territorial,and courtship |
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behaivor an animal is born with |
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innate behaivor that leads to a sequence of events -triggered by a specific stimulus -same behaivor is carried out start to finish without interrutption |
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| -many animals have ability to sycnhronize their behaivor with the environment |
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controlled by internal biological clock -menstral period |
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| change in animals behaivor that results from experience |
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-eaisiest form of learning - when an animal learns NOT to respond to a repeated stimulus( clock ticking) |
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learning that is limite to a specific time in an organisms life, usually irreversible -Tarazan : how he thought he was a monkey |
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| learning that a paticular stimulus is linked with a reward or punishment |
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meaningless stimulus with a reward or punishment |
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| ability to respond appropriately to a new situation without previous experience |
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mimmics behaivor they need as adlts in capturing prey |
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| animals that live in social groups compete for food, mates and territries |
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| physical strugles between animals |
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| when aggressive conflict between individuals in a grou[ results in a social ranking |
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when a animal protects it's territory from others |
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