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| 7146311641 | Ethology | study of animal behavior |  | 0 |
| 7146311642 | Behavior | what an animal does and how it does it |  | 1 |
| 7146311643 | Instinct (Innate) Behavior | behaviors that are inherited |  | 2 |
| 7146311646 | Kinesis | random movement of animal in relation to stimulus; the stimulus causes an alteration in rate or direction of activity or movement. |  | 3 |
| 7146311647 | Fixed-action Patterns | sequence of unlearned acts that are unchangeable and usually continue until they are completed |  | 4 |
| 7146311649 | Signal | stimulus that causes change in behavior | 5 | |
| 7146311650 | Learned Behaviors | Behaviors that are modified based on specific experiences example: nest building |  | 6 |
| 7146311651 | Habituation | loss of responsiveness to stimuli with little or no meaning; animal can ignore meaningless stimuli |  | 7 |
| 7146311652 | Associative Learning | ability to connect one stimulus with another |  | 8 |
| 7146311653 | Classical Conditioning | arbitrary stimulus associated with particular outcome example: training a dog |  | 9 |
| 7146311654 | Operant Conditioning (trial and error) | when faced with two choices, an organism can learn to choose the option with the best reward. example: students who study to improve their grades |  | 10 |
| 7146311655 | Cognition | process of knowing that involves awareness, reasoning, recollection, and judgement |  | 11 |
| 7146311656 | Social Learning | learning by observing others |  | 12 |
| 7146311657 | Altruism | engaging in behavior that doesn't help you, but helps rest of population (selfless) |  | 13 |
| 7146311658 | Inclusive Fitness | total effect of producing offspring and helping relatives |  | 14 |
| 7146311659 | Kin Selection | altruistic behavior that enhances reproductive success of relatives |  | 15 |
| 7146311660 | Agonistic Behavior | threats, rituals, and combat; settles disputes over resources, asserting dominance | 16 | |
| 7146311661 | Foraging | food obtaining behavior |  | 17 |
| 7146311662 | Sexual Selection | seeking and attracting mates/choosing and competing for males |  | 18 |
| 7146311663 | Pheromones | Chemical signals |  | 19 |
| 7146311664 | Suckling | A mammal is born knowing how to nurse. example: pig suckling at birth |  | 20 |
| 7146311665 | Imprinting | Some baby bird species will follow the first moving object they see usually the mother. example: ducks |  | 21 |
| 7146311666 | Migration | organisms move from one place to another periodically, generally in response to temperature or food availability. example: geese, monarch butterflies |  | 22 |
| 7146311667 | Hibernation | An organism goes dormant for a long period of time to escape cold temperatures example: bears, chipmunks, frogs |  | 23 |
| 7146311668 | Estivation | An organism goes dormant for a long period of time to escape hot temperatures. example: African bullfrog, fringe toed lizard, turtle |  | 24 |
| 7146311669 | Positive Chemotaxis | An organism responds to a chemical by moving towards it. example: male cockroach pheromones attract females |  | 25 |
| 7146311670 | Negative Chemotaxis | An organism responds to a chemical by moving away from it. example: the smell of a skunk repels other animals |  | 26 |
| 7146311671 | Positive Phototaxis | An organism responds to light by moving towards it. example: moths to a light |  | 27 |
| 7146311672 | Negative Phototaxis | An organism responds to light by moving away from it. example: moles live underground |  | 28 |
| 7146311673 | Mutualism | Both species benefit example: bee and flowers |  | 29 |
| 7146311674 | Commensalism | One species benefits and the other is unaffected example: whale and barnacle |  | 30 |
| 7146311675 | Parasitism | one species benefits and the other is harmed example: dog and flea |  | 31 |
| 7146311676 | Intra-specific Competition | occurs among organisms of same species |  | 32 |
| 7146311677 | Inter-specific Competition | Occurs among organisms of different species example: competition between hyenas and lions for a dead zebra |  | 33 |
| 7146311678 | Resource Partitioning | Species consume slightly different foods or use other resources in slightly different ways |  | 34 |
| 7146311679 | Aposematic Coloration | "stay away" color example: black widow's red underbelly |  | 35 |
| 7146311680 | Batesian Mimicry | Mimicking a poisonous organism's coloring |  | 36 |
| 7146311681 | Disruptive Coloring | Obscures size/shape of an organisms body example: zebras's stripes |  | 37 |
