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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.
| 1. 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?
Answer 2. Is the endocrine system also responsible for behavior?
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Introduction
Nature/Nurture
Innate Behavior |
32.2 Development of Behavior
Behaviors sometimes undergo development after birth, as when learning affects behavior.
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3. What is operant conditioning?
Answer4. What is/are the possible purpose(s) of imprinting?
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Learning |
32.3 Adaptiveness of Behavior
Natural selection influences such behaviors as methods of feeding, selecting a home, and reproducing.
| 5. Define "sexual selection."
Answer6. What is a dominance hierarchy?
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Adaptive Value
Mating
Aggression |
32.4 Animal Societies
Animals living in societies have various means of communicating with one another.
| 7. List the various categories of communication that have been observed in different species of animals.
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Communication |
32.5 Sociobiology and Animal Behavior
Apparently, altruistic behavior only occurs if it actually benefits the animal.
| 8. What is altruism and what does an individual gain through altruistic behavior?
Answer9. What is inclusive fitness?
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Altruism and Sociality |
