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Chapter 51 Guided Reading
1. How do behavioral ecologists define behavior?

2. What is the focus of:
a. Proximate questions of behavior?

b. Ultimate questions of behavior?

3. Define the following terms:
a. Ethology

b. Fixed action pattern

c. Sign stimulus

d. Imprinting

e. Sensitive period

f. Innate behavior

4. Compare and contrast and give specific examples of kinesis and taxis.

5. What evidence is there that mating and parental behavior can be under genetic influence?

6. Define the following terms:
a. Learning

b. Habituation

c. Spatial learning

d. Cognitive map

e. Associative learning

f. Classical conditioning

g. Operant conditioning

7. Describe the classic experiment done by Tinbergen dealing with wasps. Why was this experiment considered important?

8. Look up the definition of natural selection or review briefly the first chapter pages 15 – 18. Using this framework proved two different examples of the relationship between behavioral trait and natural selection. Why does this relationship “make sense”?

9. What is agonistic behavior?

10. Define the following terms:
a. Altruism

b. Inclusive fitness

c. Coefficient of relatedness

d. Kin selection

11. Is reciprocal altruism common in animals? Why or why not?

12. What is the relationship between social learning and culture?