1 | Animal Behavior | | _____ | survivorship and reproductive success of an individual |
2 | Ethogram | | _____ | explanation based on assumptions that makes testable predictions |
3 | Time Budget | | _____ | formal statement of the unknown we seek to understand |
4 | Process of Science | | _____ | tested and verified hypotheses that have withstood the test of time; theories make general predictions while hypothesis make specific predictions |
5 | Research Question | | _____ | statement or prediction of significant effect |
6 | Research Hypothesis | | _____ | results that force us to reject the alternate hypothesis |
7 | Alternate Hypothesis (HA) | | _____ | formal description of an animal's behaviors |
8 | Null Hypothesis (HO) | | _____ | summary or third-party interpretation of science research |
9 | Correlation | | _____ | ability to evaluate scientific research and gauge its validity |
10 | Theory | | _____ | original, typically peer-reviewed source of scientific research |
11 | Negative Results | | _____ | personification of animals; explaining animal behaviors under the assumption that they think like humans |
12 | Fitness | | _____ | summary of total time and relative frequency of an animal's different behaviors |
13 | Anthropomorphism | | _____ | statement or prediction of no effect |
14 | Scientific Literacy | | _____ | predictable relation between two variables |
15 | Primary Literature | | _____ | observing events, organizing knowledge, and providing explanations through the formation and testing of hypotheses |
16 | Peer Review | | _____ | process of editing other's research to determine whether or not it should be published |
17 | Secondary Literature | | _____ | internally coordinated, externally visible, pattern of activity that responds to changing conditions |