Bio 132 Hypotheses and Concepts EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!

Bio 132 Hypotheses and Concepts EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!! What are Tinbergen's four questions regarding animal behavior? - Answer- Causation/Mechanism Development/Ontogeny Function Evolution/Phylogeny What are life history traits? - Answer- Traits that affect an organism's schedule of reproduction and survival, such as lifespan, age of reproduction, offspring number/size, fertilization types, fecundity, time to sexual maturity, and parental care How do life history traits inform parental care? (WEEK 4) - Answer- FILL IN What is the causation/mechanism question of Tinbergen's Four Questions? - Answer- Causation/Mechanism-What stimuli elicit a behavioral response and what triggers a behavior physiologically? What is the ontogeny question of Tinbergen's Four Questions? - Answer- Development/Ontogeny-How does the behavior change with age of the animal and why? What is the function question of Tinbergen's Four Questions? - Answer- Function-How does the behavior impact chances of survival or reproduction? What is the phylogeny question of Tinbergen's Four Questions? - Answer- Evolution/Phylogeny-How does the behavior compare with similar species and how might it have evolved Parent-offspring Conflict Theory - Answer- Parents and their offspring are under different levels of selective pressure Alarm Signal Hypothesis - Answer- Advertisement behavior warns conspecifics of a nearby predator Pursuit-deterrence Hypothesis - Answer- Advertising to predator that the prey knows where it is Dilution Effect Hypothesis - Answer- associating in groups makes it less likely that any one individual will be depredated