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bio vocab ch 1+51
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ethology | study of animal behavior |
| behavior | what an animal does and how it does it |
| innate behaviors | developmentally fixed(nature) |
| orientation behaviors | places an animal in its most favorable environment |
| taxis | innate behavior that causes an animal to move toward or away from stimulus |
| kinesis | innate behavior that is a movement or activity of a cell or organism in response to a stimulus. but the response to the stimulus is non-directional |
| FAP | fixed action pattern. unlearned act that, once stimulated, goes until completion. |
| migration | innate response to seasonal changes in an environment triggering the organism to migrate elsewhere |
| Circadian Rhythms | causes behavior on a daily cycle |
| agonistic behavior | the behavior to make themselves look larger when other animals are around. |
| kin selecction | agnostic behavior (self sacrificing) assisting relatives forgoing its own survival |
| learned behaviors | modifications of behavior based on specific experiences (parental environment) |
| imprinting | the learning of behaviors during the 'critical' period in an organisms life. |
| habituation | the ability to ignore that which does not matter |
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