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What is the Clever Hans Effect in relation to animal cognition?
What is the Clever Hans Effect in relation to animal cognition?
- The ability of animals to perform tricks on command.
- A method of training animals for specific tasks.
- A phenomenon where animals independently solve complex problems.
- A situation where animals respond to human cues unintentionally. (correct)
How is fitness typically measured in real populations?
How is fitness typically measured in real populations?
- By comparing physical traits between species.
- By calculating the genetic variance within a population.
- Through surrogates like reproductive success and survival rates. (correct)
- Through direct observation of mating success only.
What role does input matching have in sensory systems?
What role does input matching have in sensory systems?
- It facilitates response to environmental changes through adaptation.
- It allows for the differentiation of stimuli based on learned responses.
- It aids in filtering out irrelevant stimuli to focus on essential ones. (correct)
- It ensures consistency in the perception of stimuli without alteration.
Which of the following factors can influence the evolution of a species?
Which of the following factors can influence the evolution of a species?
Why are behavioral traits less likely to be inherited as simple Mendelian traits?
Why are behavioral traits less likely to be inherited as simple Mendelian traits?
What is the primary focus of ethology in animal behavior studies?
What is the primary focus of ethology in animal behavior studies?
Which sampling method involves observing every instance of a specific animal's behavior?
Which sampling method involves observing every instance of a specific animal's behavior?
What concept explains the observable impact of environmental changes on an organism's traits?
What concept explains the observable impact of environmental changes on an organism's traits?
What misconception may lead to an incorrect understanding of inheritance in relation to behavior?
What misconception may lead to an incorrect understanding of inheritance in relation to behavior?
What is the primary limitation of natural selection discussed in relation to evolutionary trade-offs?
What is the primary limitation of natural selection discussed in relation to evolutionary trade-offs?
Which of the following terms best describes the relationship between genes that influence multiple traits?
Which of the following terms best describes the relationship between genes that influence multiple traits?
Which phenomenon highlights the importance of observational studies in understanding animal behavior?
Which phenomenon highlights the importance of observational studies in understanding animal behavior?
How does the concept of fitness relate to natural selection?
How does the concept of fitness relate to natural selection?
Flashcards
Natural Selection
Natural Selection
The process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
Evolutionary Trade-off
Evolutionary Trade-off
A compromise between traits where improving one trait may reduce another.
Proximate vs. Ultimate Hypothesis
Proximate vs. Ultimate Hypothesis
Proximate: explains how a behavior works; Ultimate: explains why a behavior exists.
Ethogram
Ethogram
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Experimental Study
Experimental Study
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Observational Study
Observational Study
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Adaptation
Adaptation
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Fitness
Fitness
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Clever Hans Effect
Clever Hans Effect
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Input Matching
Input Matching
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Heritability Estimation
Heritability Estimation
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Study Notes
Animal Behavior Study Guide
- Concepts from the first unit of animal behavior are listed.
- This is not a complete list, but aims to help with reviewing key concepts.
- Concepts should be related to each other and to animal behavior.
Behaviorism
- Reinforcement/Conditioning is a key concept.
- Ethology: is another key concept
Ethology Concepts
- Proximate vs. ultimate hypotheses are important comparisons.
- Anthropomorphism is a concept to consider.
- Observational vs. experimental studies differ.
- Objective vs. subjective observations need to be distinguished.
- Ethogram is a method in ethology.
- Scan sampling, focal animal sampling, and interval vs. continuous sampling methods.
Evolution Concepts
- Natural Selection, Mutation, Genetic Drift, and Gene Flow are essential concepts.
- Evolutionary Trade-offs and Adaptation, Fitness, Epistasis, and Pleiotropy.
- Phenotypic plasticity, Heritability, Artificial Selection experiment, and Genomewide association study (GWAS) are key terms.
Additional Study Points
- Twin Study: is a study method that is important to understand.
- Umwelt: Consider this important biological concept
- Input matching, Stimulus filtering, Clever Hans Effect, and cognition.
- Limits to natural selection include evolutionary trade-offs and changing environments.
- Nature vs. nurture is a concept to consider.
- Experimental vs. observational studies differ.
- Issues with Behaviorism need to be considered as a school of scientific thought.
- Darwin's right and wrong concepts in evolutionary biology.
- Gene-behavior relationships and data needed for natural selection.
- Clever Hans Effect in animal cognition research.
- Input matching and stimulus filtering in sensory systems (e.g., toad vision, bat echolocation).
- Methods for measuring heritability and understanding evolutionary change are important.
- Evolutionary factors influencing sensory systems and their functioning.
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