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| 6368652796 | ethology | study of animal behavior | 0 | |
| 6368652797 | behavior | what an animal does and how it does it | 1 | |
| 6368652798 | proximate cause | "how" a behavior occurs or is modified | 2 | |
| 6368652799 | ultimate cause | "why" a behavior occurs, | 3 | |
| 6368652800 | learned behavior | develops through experience | 4 | |
| 6368652801 | innate behavior | animal is born with it | 5 | |
| 6368652802 | homeostatic mechanisms | regulating oneself | 6 | |
| 6368652803 | feedback mechanisms | regulate growth and reproduction to maintain homeostasis | 7 | |
| 6368652804 | negative feedback | maintain internal environments by returning changing condition to set point (negative, taking out) | 8 | |
| 6368652805 | taxis | turning of animals' body relative to stimulus +=towards -=avoids ex: geotaxis, phototaxis, chemotaxis | 9 | |
| 6368652806 | kinesis | random movement of animal in relation to stimulus |  | 10 |
| 6368652807 | fixed-action patterns | sequence of unlearned acts that are unchangeable and usually carried to completion |  | 11 |
| 6368652808 | releaser | When stimuli are exchanged between members of the same species | 12 | |
| 6368652809 | migration | regular, long-distance change in location | 13 | |
| 6368652810 | circadian rhythm | internal biological clock | 14 | |
| 6368652811 | signal | stimulus that causes change in behavior | 15 | |
| 6368652812 | learned behaviors | behaviors modified based on specific experience | 16 | |
| 6368652813 | habituation | loss of responsiveness to stimuli with little or no meaning | 17 | |
| 6368652814 | imprinting | learning and innate components, irreversible |  | 18 |
| 6368652815 | cognitive mapping | internal representation of spatial relationship among objects in an animals' surroundings | 19 | |
| 6368652816 | associative learning | ability to associate one stimulus with another | 20 | |
| 6368652817 | classical conditioning | arbitrary stimulus associated with particular outcome | 21 | |
| 6368652818 | operant conditioning | another type of associative learning | 22 | |
| 6368652819 | cognition | process of knowing that involves awareness, reasoning, recollection, and judgement | 23 | |
| 6368652820 | social learning | learning by observing others | 24 | |
| 6368652821 | altruism | engaging in behavior that doesn't help you, but helps rest of population (selfless) | 25 | |
| 6368652822 | inclusive fitness | total effect of producing offspring and helping relatives | 26 | |
| 6368652823 | kin selection | altruistic behavior that enhances reproductive success of relatives | 27 | |
| 6368652824 | agonistic behavior | threats, rituals, and combat; settles disputes over resources, asserting dominance | 28 | |
| 6368652825 | foraging | food obtaining behavior | 29 | |
| 6368652826 | sexual selection | seeking and attracting mates/choosing and competing for males | 30 | |
| 6368652827 | Tactile signals | Pros Quick Cons Limited to direct contact Cannot be used over distance | 31 | |
| 6368652828 | Acoustic signals | Pros Travel great distance Does not require visibility Can travel around objects Cons Metabolically costly | 32 | |
| 6368652829 | Electric signals | Pros Fast Does not require visibility Cons Only used by a couple fish/underwater | 33 | |
| 6368652830 | Chemical signals | Pros long distance last longer "inexpensive" metabolically Cons can be carried away by wind no immediate response | 34 | |
| 6368652831 | pheromones | Chemical signals | 35 | |
| 6368652832 | Visual signals | Pros Immediate Cons Direct line of sight Light needed/clear path Eyes can be deceived Can be intercepted Very quick | 36 |
