AP Biology Chapter 51 Flashcards
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| 8455657396 | Ethology | The scientific study of animal behavior | 0 | |
| 8455657397 | Behavior | The nervous system's response to a stimulus | 1 | |
| 8455657398 | Proximate causation | How explanations (environmental stimuli that triggers behavior and genetic, physiological, and anatomical mechanisms underlying a behavior) | 2 | |
| 8455657399 | Ultimate causation | Why explanations (evolutionary significance of a behavior) | 3 | |
| 8455657400 | Fixed action pattern | A sequence of unlearned, innate behaviors that are unchangeable | 4 | |
| 8455657401 | Sign stimulus | The stimulus that triggers a fixed action pattern | 5 | |
| 8455657402 | Kinesis | A simple change in activity or turning rate in response to a stimulus | 6 | |
| 8455657403 | Taxis | A more or less automatic movement toward or away from a stuimulus | 7 | |
| 8455657404 | Migration | A regular long distance change in location | 8 | |
| 8455657405 | Communication | The transmission and reception of signals | 9 | |
| 8455657406 | Signal | A behavior that causes a change in another animal's behavior | 10 | |
| 8455657407 | Innate behavior | A behavior that is developmentally fixed and under strong genetic influence | 11 | |
| 8455657408 | Learning | The modification of behavior based of specific experiences | 12 | |
| 8455657409 | Pheromones | Chemical substances that are emitted by animals that communicate through odors | 13 | |
| 8455657410 | Habituation | A simple form of learning that involves loss of responsiveness to stimuli that convey little or no information | 14 | |
| 8455657411 | Imprinting | A behavior that includes learning and innate components and is generally irreversible | 15 | |
| 8455657413 | Sensitive period | A limited developmental phase that is the only time when certain behaviors can be learned | 16 | |
| 8455657416 | Associative learning | Animals associate one feature of their environments with another | 17 | |
| 8455657417 | Classical conditioning | A type of associative learning in which an arbitrary stimulus is associated with a reward of punishment | 18 | |
| 8455657418 | Operant conditioning | A type of associative learning in which an animal learns to associate one of its behaviors with a reward or punishment | 19 | |
| 8455657419 | Cognition | A process of knowing which includes awareness, reasoning, recollection, and judgement | 20 | |
| 8455657421 | Problem solving | The process of devising a strategy to overcome an obstacle | 21 | |
| 8455657422 | Twin Studies | Allow researchers to compare the relative influences of genetics and environment on behavior | 22 | |
| 8455657423 | Foraging | Food obtaining behavior, includes recognizing, searching for, capturing, and eating food items | 23 | |
| 8455657424 | Optimal foraging model | Views foraging behavior as a compromise between benefits of nutrition and costs of obtaining food | 24 | |
| 8455657425 | Monogamous | One male one female same morphologies | 25 | |
| 8455657426 | Promiscuous | No strong pair bonds or lasting relationships | 26 | |
| 8455657427 | Polygamous | Individual of one sex mates with several individuals of the other sex | 27 | |
| 8455657428 | Polygyny | One male mates with many females (males are larger) | 28 | |
| 8455657429 | Polyandry | One female mates with many males (females are larger) | 29 |