Animal Behavior Exam.FULL SOLUTION
Ultimate: Why is the animal performing this behavior? Is it based in evolution, or adaptive function, or both? -Evolution: the history of a trait (phenotype), or how a trait has been impacted by ancestral transmission or natural selection - Adaptive: what the fitness advantage or adaptive advantage of the given behavior is. Natural selection ensures that some advantage has to be involved if the trait has survived from generation to generation Three major ways to measure behavior, and two additional methods - MAJOR: Observational approach: watch or film an animal behaviour in the wild (such as video recordings or live in field observations) Experimental approach: manipulating animal behavior in a laboratory setting
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observational approach watch or film an animal be