Study Questions Lecture 1: History and Method in AB
History and Method Study Questions
1. Why did typological
thinking act as a stumbling block for the understanding and acceptance of
evolution by natural selection?
2. Explain the process
of natural selection and why it is considered a "blind" process.
3. How might an organism
be constrained evolutionarily? Can natural selection evolve any behavior
imaginable?
4. What are the four
questions that Tinbergen asked about Animal Behavior, and explain the gist
of each question?
5. What is a species
typical behavior?
6. What are proximate
questions? Ask one of the animal you studied in section.
What are ultimate questions?
Ask one of the animal you studied in section.
7. What are the fields
of Behavioral Ecology, Ethology, Animal Psychology? How would you differentiate
this fields?
8. How would you resolve
the old question of is it nurture or nature?