PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY II
Sectional Outline 2

       I.     Animal Behavior

                  Proximate causation
                  Ultimate causation
                  Animal Behavior Cause Development Evolution Function      

       II.    Nature vs Nurture

                 Proximate behavior
                        Sign stimuli
                        Fixed action patterns
                        Drives
                                Appetitive
                                Non appetitive
                        Learning
                                Non associative learning
                                        habituation
                                        sensitization
                                Associative learning
                                        classical conditioning
                                        operant conditioning
                                        imprinting        

       III.   Genetics of behavior

                  Ultimate behavior                     
                         Gene pool
                         Natural selection                       

       IV.    Social behavior

                       Courtship
                                sexual dimorphism
                                ritualized displays
                       Communication
                       Foraging
                       Resource aquisition
                                home range
                                territoriality
                       Altruism

       V.     Population Dynamics      

                        Intrinsic rate of growth
                                actual rate of growth
                                acceleration, inflection, deceleration points

                       Carrying capacity
                                density dependent factors
                                density independent factors

        VI.    Human Population & the Environment

                       Population distribution
                       Environmental impact
                                environmental damage,  loss of biodiversity (extinction)