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| 5390654665 | Ethology | The scientific study of animal behavior | 0 | |
| 5390661355 | Behavior | The nervous system's response to a stimulus | 1 | |
| 5390667541 | Proximate causation | How explanations (environmental stimuli that triggers behavior and genetic, physiological, and anatomical mechanisms underlying a behavior) | 2 | |
| 5390715596 | Ultimate causation | Why explanations (evolutionary significance of a behavior) | 3 | |
| 5390726895 | Fixed action pattern | A sequence of unlearned, innate behaviors that are unchangeable | 4 | |
| 5390738843 | Sign stimulus | The stimulus that triggers a fixed action pattern | 5 | |
| 5390742413 | Kinesis | A simple change in activity or turning rate in response to a stimulus | 6 | |
| 5390749069 | Taxis | A more or less automatic movement toward or away from a stuimulus | 7 | |
| 5390756080 | Migration | A regular long distance change in location | 8 | |
| 5390761210 | Communication | The transmission and reception of signals | 9 | |
| 5390764811 | Signal | A behavior that causes a change in another animal's behavior | 10 | |
| 5390774455 | Innate behavior | A behavior that is developmentally fixed and under strong genetic influence | 11 | |
| 5390787110 | Learning | The modification of behavior based of specific experiences | 12 | |
| 5390792205 | Pheromones | Chemical substances that are emitted by animals that communicate through odors | 13 | |
| 5390802594 | Habituation | A simple form of learning that involves loss of responsiveness to stimuli that convey little or no information | 14 | |
| 5390812529 | Imprinting | A behavior that includes learning and innate components and is generally irreversible | 15 | |
| 5390832266 | Konrad Lorenz | Showed that when baby geese spent the first few hours of their life with him they imprinted on him as their parents | 16 | |
| 5390846955 | Sensitive period | A limited developmental phase that is the only time when certain behaviors can be learned | 17 | |
| 5390853296 | Spatial learning | A more complex modification of behavior based on experience with the spatial structure of the environment (Niko Tinbergen) | 18 | |
| 5390873295 | Cognitive map | An internal representation of spatial relationships between objects in an animals surounding | 19 | |
| 5390897852 | Associative learning | Animals associate one feature of their environments with another | 20 | |
| 5390904821 | Classical conditioning | A type of associative learning in which an arbitrary stimulus is associated with a reward of punishment | 21 | |
| 5391477659 | Operant conditioning | A type of associative learning in which an animal learns to associate one of its behaviors with a reward or punishment | 22 | |
| 5391485862 | Cognition | A process of knowing which includes awareness, reasoning, recollection, and judgement | 23 | |
| 5391501630 | A cross fostering study | Places the young from one species in the care of adults from another species | 24 | |
| 5391508273 | Problem solving | The process of devising a strategy to overcome an obstacle | 25 | |
| 5391512622 | Twin Studies | Allow researchers to compare the relative influences of genetics and environment on behavior | 26 | |
| 5391518571 | Foraging | Food obtaining behavior, includes recognizing, searching for, capturing, and eating food items | 27 | |
| 5391527797 | Optimal foraging model | Views foraging behavior as a compromise between benefits of nutrition and costs of obtaining food | 28 | |
| 5391536727 | Monogamous | One male one female same morphologies | 29 | |
| 5391539852 | Promiscuous | No strong pair bonds or lasting relationships | 30 | |
| 5391551317 | Polygamous | Individual of one sex mates with several individuals of the other sex | 31 | |
| 5391556183 | Polygyny | One male mates with many females (males are larger) | 32 | |
| 5391558922 | Polyandry | One female mates with many males (females are larger) | 33 |
