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What are the four approaches to the study of animal behavior?However, a student interested in Animal Behavior study today could follow one of four main paths to a career in behavior: Anthropology, Ecology, Psychology, Physiology.
Which scientist devised a rule that predicts when natural selection should favor altruism?Hamilton's rule, in ecology and sociobiology, mathematical formula devised by British naturalist and population geneticist W.D. Hamilton that supports the notion that natural selection favours genetic success, not reproductive success per se.
Which scientist determined that digger wasps used landmarks to locate nest entrances?Tinbergen concluded that the wasp did use landmarks to find her nests, and that she could learn new ones. Tinbergen used simple materials in his experiment—pine cones and stones—and a simple procedure. The results led him to conclude that digger wasps use a pattern of landmarks to find their nests.
What is true about imprinting?It is true that imprinting results in the animal directing its social and mating behaviour toward other members of its own species, and not necessarily toward the particular individuals to which it was exposed when imprinting occurred.
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