[CHDV 23249] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 67 pages long Study Guide!

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Research proposal: think like a biologist creating a research project. Investigate an interesting research question: hypothesis, methods, discussion of possible results and their implications. 4-5 pages double-spaced first draft feb 8: discussion with ta weeks 7 and 8. Understanding animal behavior implying is not actual science there must be an objective way to look at it. Nicolaas tinbergen came up with objective way of thinking about animal behavior so that it can be considered a real science. 4 levels of analysis to look at animal behavior: causation/mechanisms (how) What triggers behavior: signals, neurons, hormones, genes, physiology of behavior, visual stimuli: development/ontogeny (how) changes across an individual"s lifetime critical period of learning, imprinting. Peacock: displays to attract mates: evolution/phylogeny (why) History of the behavior across many generations. How has it changed? (consider all organisms related to the species. ) Biparental care systems. (mother and father raise children) they run across the water because they judge each other on fitness.

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