| Concepts | Questions | Media Resources |
32.1 Genetic Basis of Behavior - An animal is organized to carry out behaviors that help it survive and reproduce.
- Behaviors have a genetic basis but can also be influenced by environmental factors.
- The nervous and endocrine systems have immediate control over behaviors.
| - If behavior for obtaining and carrying different types of nesting material is inherited, what behavior occurs in the hybrid offspring of two different species of birds?
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- Is the endocrine system also responsible for behavior?
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| Essential Study Partner
Introduction
Nature/Nurture
Innate Behavior |
32.2 Development of Behavior: Nature vs. Nurture - Behaviors sometimes undergo development after birth, as when learning affects behavior.
| - What is classical conditioning?
Answer
- What is operant conditioning?
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- What is/are the possible purpose(s) of imprinting?
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| Essential Study Partner
Learning |
32.3 Adaptive Mating Behavior - Natural selection influences such behaviors as methods of feeding, selecting a home, and reproducing.
| - Define "sexual selection."
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- What is a dominance hierarchy?
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| Essential Study Partner
Adaptive Value
Mating
Aggression |
32.4 Sociobiology and Animal Behavior - Apparently, altruistic behavior only occurs if it actually benefits the animal.
| - What is altruism and what does an individual gain through altruistic behavior?
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- What is inclusive fitness?
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| Essential Study Partner
Altruism and Sociality |
32.5 Animal Communication - Animals living in societies have various means of communicating with one another.
| - List the various categories of communication that have been observed in different species of animals.
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| Essential Study Partner
Communication |
