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Animal Behavior Chapter 36 What Is Behavior? Behavior is what an animal does and how it does it. Learning is also considered a behavioral process. Pioneers of ethology: Proximate vs. Ultimate Causes The scientific questions that can be asked about behavior can be divided into two classes: Those that focus on the immediate stimulus and mechanism for the behavior. Those that explore how the behavior contributes to survival and reproduction. Proximate and Ultimate Questions Proximate, or “how”, questions about behavior focus on the environmental stimuli that trigger a behavior. Focus on the genet