LB144 Final Exam Review UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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LB144
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LB144
LB144 Final Exam Review UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Tinbergen's 4 questions - Correct Answer- Ontogeny, mechanism, phylogeny, and adaptive
significance.
Define Tinbergen's question about ontogeny - Correct Answer- How does the trait develop?
How does the trait change over the ...
LB144 Final Exam Review UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Tinbergen's 4 questions - Correct Answer- Ontogeny, mechanism, phylogeny, and adaptive
significance.
Define Tinbergen's question about ontogeny - Correct Answer- How does the trait develop?
How does the trait change over the lifespan?
Define Tinbergen's question about mechanism - Correct Answer- How does the trait work?
What is the anatomical and physiological basis of the trait?
Define Tinbergen's question about phylogeny - Correct Answer- What is the phylogenetic
history of the trait?
What is the evolutionary history with regards to phenotype and genotype?
Define Tinbergen's question about adaptive significance - Correct Answer- Why does this
trait confer a fitness advantage?
How do variations in the trait influence fitness?
Ontogeny has to do with _____ as phylogeny has to do with _____. - Correct Answer-
development; evolution
Define proximate causation - Correct Answer- "how" a behavior occurs or is modified
Define ultimate causation - Correct Answer- "why" a behavior occurs or is modified
Tinbergen's questions associated with proximate causation - Correct Answer- Questions of
ontogeny and mechanisms
Tinbergen's questions associated with ultimate causation - Correct Answer- Questions of
phylogeny and adaptive significance
, Define innate behavior - Correct Answer- This type of behavior comes from an animal's
heredity.
Define learned behavior - Correct Answer- This type of behavior comes from watching other
animals and from life experiences.
Define flexible behavior - Correct Answer- The ability to change one's behavior in order to
function/survive.
Define conditional behavior - Correct Answer- A type of associative learning where a
stimulus becomes associated with a consequence.
Define a fixed action pattern - Correct Answer- - Unlearned, innate, unchangeable
- Triggered by a stimulus
- Once initiated, usually carried to completion
Define imprinting - Correct Answer- - Learning innate components
- Generally irreversible
- Learning is restricted to a certain developmental period
Define associative learning - Correct Answer- Associative learning is ability to associate on
environmental feature with another. Two main associative properties include operant and
classical conditioning.
Define operant conditioning - Correct Answer- A type of learning in which behavior is
strengthened if followed by a reinforcer or diminished if followed by a punisher.
Define classical conditioning - Correct Answer- The form of associative learning in which a
neutral stimulus is associated with a stimulus to which the subject has an automatic, inborn
response.
Define cognition/problem solving - Correct Answer- - Knowing (awareness, reasoning,
recollection, judgment).
- Devising a strategy to overcome an obstacle.
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