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Biology - Zoology

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What is the study of the ecological and evolutionary basis for animal behavior called?

What is the scientific study of animal behavior, particularly in natural environments?

What term describes a sequence of unlearned acts directly linked to a simple stimulus?

What is the external sensory stimulus that triggers a fixed action pattern?

What is the process by which certain animals form attachments during a critical period early in life?

What term describes behavior that is developmentally fixed and not learned?

What is the term for experience-based modification of behaviors?

What is a simple change in activity or turning rate in response to a stimulus called?

What term describes movement toward or away from a stimulus?

What is the term for a loss of responsiveness to stimuli that convey little or no information?

What is the process of associating one stimulus with another called?

What is the term for associating an arbitrary stimulus with a particular outcome?

What type of conditioning involves 'trial and error' learning with rewards and punishments?

What is a contest involving both threatening and submissive behavior to determine access to resources called?

What is the term for behavior that reduces one's own fitness but increases the fitness of another?

What is the effect of an individual on proliferating its genes by producing offspring and helping relatives?

What is the numerical probability of an individual and its relatives carrying copies of the same genes?

What type of natural selection favors altruistic behaviors by enhancing the reproductive success of relatives?

What is the behavior that benefits another with the expectation of future reciprocation called?

What term describes a mating system with no pair-bonding?

What is the mating system where one male mates with one female?

What is the term for a mating system where an individual of one sex mates with several of the other?

What is the mating system called where one female mates with several males?

What is the mating system called where one male mates with several females?

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