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History and Principles Flashcards

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What is the definition of behavior

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The coordinated responses of whole living organisms to internal and/or external stimuli

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what is ethology

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Biological study of animal behavior ; Focus on observing behavior in natural settings and explanations based on function and adaptive purpose of behavior

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what is comparative psychology

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Study of animal psychology/behavior ; Focus on the discovery of divergent and common behavioral processes among species

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who was known for studying behavioral ecology

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John Krebs

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what did John Krebs study

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behavioral ecology with a focus on foraging theory

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who was known for studying sociobiology

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E.O. Wilson

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what did E.O. Wilson study

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sociobiology with a focus on social behavior of eusocial insects

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who was known for studying cognitive ethology

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Donald Griffin

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what did Donald Griffin study

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cognitive ethology with a focus on complex animal thinking

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who was known for studying evolutionary psychology

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David Buss

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what did David Buss study

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evolutionary psychology with a focus on human behavior

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who proposed the classification of the animal kingdom

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Aristotle

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what did Rene Descartes contribute towards animal behavior

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proposed mind/body dualism in which behavior of animals was based on reflexive mechanisms (unconscious awareness)

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what did Charles Darwin contribute towards animal behavior

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proposed that behaviors are products of natural selection and argued for the existence of a mental continuity

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What did Aristotle suggest about animal behavior

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Suggested that behavior may be accounted for in teleological terms (goals and functions) or thru interaction of parts (mechanisms)

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What did George Romanes reject

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rejected the mechanistic view of animal behavior. Argued that consciousness was widespread in the animal kingdom

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what are phyletic affinities

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traces the course of mental evolution with the use of classification of psychological traits

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what is ejective inference

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logic of inferring others have mental states based on behavior

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what are three assumptions that go with ejective inference

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Imagine an animal is conscious because one thinks it is by analogy ; Anthropomorphic (casting animals in human form) ; Research involved collecting anecdotes of animal behavior

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Who proposed a comprise between mechanist and vitalists

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C. Lloyd Morgan

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What is the Clever Hans case study

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a horse who was thought of being able to do complex math problems but would not be able to do them without certain cues from his trainer

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who was the founding father of Ethology who investigated function of behavior and devised numerous tests of animal behavior in field studies

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niko tinbergen

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what animal was niko tinbergen known for studying

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spacial memory in wasps

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who was the founding father of Ethology who developed theoretical models of evolution and motivation of animal behavior

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Konrad Lorenz

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what was konard lorenz known for

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imprinting behaviors

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who was a behaviorist that investigated operant conditioning and other forms of learning

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B.F. Skinner

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what did B.F. Skinner study

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schedules of reinforcement

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who was experimental psychologist that challenged concept of instinct (innate behavior) described by Lorenz, Tinbergen, and other Ethologists

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Daniel Lehrman

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what was daniel lehrman known for studying

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Behavioral endocrinology and reproduction in doves

30
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what is ontogeny

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description of an organism’s development from DNA code to the forms of different life stages

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what is mechanism

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description of an organism’s structure and how its mechanisms work

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what is phylogeny

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description of the history of a species as reconstructed from its fossil precursors and DNA evidence

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what is adaptation

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explanation for the characteristics of a species based on how they give a selective advantage

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what are the areas of biology

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ontogeny, mechanism, phylogeny, adaptation

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what is natural selection

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changes in morphology and behavior over generations

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what is individual learning

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change in behavior with-in a generation and interaction with natural selection

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what is an example of natural selection

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male crickets attracting mates and surviving predatory flies

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what is an example of individual learning

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grasshoppers learning to associate color and taste with a certain food

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what is cultural transmission

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changes in behavior based on social factors with-in and and over generations

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what is an example of cultural transmission

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forging rats tasting new food

41
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what type of scientific approach is Skinner associated with

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behaviorism

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what type of scientific approach is Hamilton associated with

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inclusive fitness

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what are two theoretical approaches

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optimal foraging theory (OFT) and drive reduction theory of motivation

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what types of empirical approaches are there

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observational and experimental

45
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what did konrad lorenz speculate about the motivation to study animals

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herding and hunter instincts

46
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what are herding instincts

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Herders prefer to form close bonds and pursue keeping and breeding animals

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what are hunting instincts

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Hunters prefer to observe natural history and interact with animals as if to out smart them

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