Animal Behavior
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| 7857533077 | Behavior | An action carried out by muscles by way of the nervous system in response to stimuli | 0 | |
| 7857533079 | Fixed Action Pattern | Unlearned acts caused by simple stimuli that are unchangeable and can't be interrupted. (Ex. Three spined sticklebacks act aggressively toward things w/ red coloring because they look like males) |  | 1 |
| 7857533080 | Sign Stimulus | The trigger of a fixed action pattern | 2 | |
| 7857533081 | Migration | Regular long distance change in location due to environmental cues | 3 | |
| 7857533084 | Signal | Stimulus sent between animals, usually as a form of communication | 4 | |
| 7857533086 | Stimulus-Response Chain | A stimulus causes another stimulus which causes a behavior, usually associated with visual communication | 5 | |
| 7857533087 | Pheremones | Chemical substances used to communicate through odors and tastes, usually in mammals and insects to stimulate mating behaviors or to sound an alarm | 6 | |
| 7857533088 | Innate Behavior | Behavior shared by multiple individuals by nature | 7 | |
| 7857533090 | Learning | Modification of behavior through experience | 8 | |
| 7857533091 | Imprinting | Long lasting behavioral response to an individual objects at a stage of life |  | 9 |
| 7857533092 | Sensitive Period | Critical amount of time early in an organisms life where they are most receptive to learning behaviors and imprinting. | 10 | |
| 7857533093 | Imprinting Stimulus | Outside stimulus that directs young's behavior (Ex. young geese tend to follow the first thing that moves away from them) | 11 | |
| 7857533096 | Associative Learning | Associating experiences, good or bad, with satisfaction or a lack thereof | 12 | |
| 7857533097 | Classical Conditioning | Form of associative learning that involves a repeated action (Ex. Pavlov's dogs) |  | 13 |
| 7857533098 | Operant Conditioning | Associative learning through trial and error in which organisms associate behavior with a reward or a punishment and then repeats or avoids the action | 14 | |
| 7857533100 | Problem Solving | Creating an approach to deal with obstacles | 15 | |
| 7857533101 | Social Learning | Learning through observation, especially of elders or through imitation of authority figures | 16 | |
| 7857533102 | Foraging | Food obtaining behaviors including eating, collecting, searching, and recognizing | 17 | |
| 7857533104 | Promiscuity | No strong bond between mates | 18 | |
| 7857533105 | Monogamy | 1 male with 1 female, tends to be long lasting | 19 | |
| 7857533113 | Intersexual Selection | One organism chooses to mate with another organism because of their characteristics (between different sexes) | 20 | |
| 7857533114 | Intrasexual Selection | Mate competition between members of the same sex | 21 | |
| 7857533116 | Agnostic Behavior | Contest when winner gains food or a mate, etc determined by strength + size, often when males compete with each other for a female | 22 | |
| 7857533118 | Altruism | Selflessness which decreases individual fitness but increases the fitness of another individual | 23 | |
| 7857533121 | Kin Selection | Natural selection that favors altruistic behavior through increased reproductive success of relatives (i.e. save your sister but not your cousin) | 24 |
