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The study of behavior and its ecological and evolutionary significance is known as |
| | A) | Anthropomorphism. |
| | B) | Ethology. |
| | C) | Sociobiology. |
| | D) | None of the above. |
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Q:Inflexible is a characteristic of __________ behavior. |
| | A) | Instinctive |
| | B) | Learned |
| | C) | Operant |
| | D) | Anthropomorphic |
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A change in the external environment is the __________; the organism's reaction to the change is the organism's __________. |
| | A) | Stimulus / response |
| | B) | Stimulus / insight |
| | C) | Insight / response |
| | D) | Stimulus / innate behavior |
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The generalized term for a change in behavior as a result of experience is |
| | A) | Conditioning. |
| | B) | Learning. |
| | C) | Differentiating. |
| | D) | Deprogramming. |
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When an animal learns to repeat act that bring good results and avoid acts that bring bad results, that animal has been involved in |
| | A) | Habituation. |
| | B) | Classical conditioning. |
| | C) | Operant conditioning. |
| | D) | Observational learning. |
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The fact that birds regularly check cars for smashed insects (food) is an example of |
| | A) | Habituation. |
| | B) | Association. |
| | C) | Imprinting. |
| | D) | None of the above. |
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Which of the following statements is/are true about imprinting? |
| | A) | Imprinting is irreversible learning that occurs during a critical period. |
| | B) | Imprinting is a survival mechanism. |
| | C) | Imprinting may involve sight, sound, or smell. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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Insight learning is particularly difficult to study because |
| | A) | It only occurs in primates. |
| | B) | It is usually impossible to know whether a "solution" to a problem occurred by "thinking it through" or by accident. |
| | C) | Observational learning is usually a part of insight. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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Which statement(s) is/are true? |
| | A) | All animals have both instinctive and learned behaviors. |
| | B) | A single behavior may have both instinctive and learned components. |
| | C) | Invertebrates rely primarily on instinct, whereas vertebrates rely more on learning. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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Which type of learning is most common in humans? |
| | A) | Instinctive |
| | B) | Associative |
| | C) | Reflexive |
| | D) | Imprinting |
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Thinking involves |
| | A) | Memory. |
| | B) | A concept of self. |
| | C) | An ability to recognize information. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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Which statement(s) is/are true about pheromones? |
| | A) | Pheromones are chemical in nature. |
| | B) | Pheromones are usually physical signals. |
| | C) | Pheromones are often auditory or visual. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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Territoriality is established by many animals for purposes of |
| | A) | Food conservation. |
| | B) | Mating. |
| | C) | Resource partitioning. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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Redirected aggression is a natural outgrowth of |
| | A) | The dominance hierarchy. |
| | B) | Navigational and migrational instincts. |
| | C) | The shifting of the photoperiod. |
| | D) | None of the above. |
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Which statement(s) about societies is/are true? |
| | A) | In the honeybee society, queens and workers specialize in reproduction; drones specialize in food gathering and in defense of the hive. |
| | B) | Certain types of wild dogs cooperate to kill the prey, eat, and return to the young where they regurgitate what was eaten so the young may eat. |
| | C) | Human social structures, while superficially quite flexible, are at the core as rigid as the social structures of other animals. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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Mate selection in animals often involves many behaviors including |
| | A) | instinct. |
| | B) | pheromones. |
| | C) | learned behavior. |
| | D) | all the above are possible. |
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Many animals learn to relate unpleasant experiences with color, taste, shape and other physical features. This is the result of |
| | A) | associative learning. |
| | B) | stimulus/response. |
| | C) | photoperiodism. |
| | D) | imprinting. |
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Behavior in which a young animal is genetically ready to learn a specific behavior is known as |
| | A) | insight learning. |
| | B) | imprinting. |
| | C) | conditioned response. |
| | D) | anthropomorphism. |
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There is evidence that some animals navigate by |
| | A) | social behaviors. |
| | B) | conditioned response. |
| | C) | earth's magnetic poles. |
| | D) | the aroma of food. |
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Q:That's a mouth watering aroma! |
| | A) | associative learning |
| | B) | Pavlovian response |
| | C) | classical conditioning |
| | D) | all the above |
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Which of the following demonstrates the greatest amount of instinctive behavior? |
| | A) | lady bugs |
| | B) | flatworms |
| | C) | birds |
| | D) | mammals |
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The specific pattern of light flashes of fireflies is behavior that |
| | A) | enables a population to respond to stimulation. |
| | B) | allows a species to define it's territory. |
| | C) | better insures reproduction of the species. |
| | D) | is learned behavior. |
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Foxes have frequently been depicted in fables as sly and corrupt animals. This is an example of |
| | A) | anthropomorphism. |
| | B) | ethology. |
| | C) | instinctive behavior. |
| | D) | imprinting. |
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Two young boys have a disagreement on the playground. One of the boys stands up straight, sticks out his chest, and raises his fists as he stares sternly at the other boy. This posturing of the boy exemplifies |
| | A) | sign stimuli. |
| | B) | intention movements. |
| | C) | redirected aggression. |
| | D) | imprinting. |
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Your cat runs into the kitchen whenever it hears the sound of a can being opened. This happens regardless of whether the can is cat food, soup or coffee. This behavior of your cat is |
| | A) | a conditioned response. |
| | B) | imprinting. |
| | C) | insight learning. |
| | D) | instinctive behavior. |
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Your algebra teacher presents you with a problem you have never seen before. Based on other algebra problems you have solved in the past, you are able to work through the problem and come up with the correct solution. This is an example of |
| | A) | associative learning. |
| | B) | instinctive behavior. |
| | C) | insight learning. |
| | D) | conditioning. |
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Which of the following is an example of behavior? |
| | A) | a duckling following its mother |
| | B) | a plant bending towards light |
| | C) | a bacterium dividing |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Instinctive behaviors are the result of |
| | A) | natural selection. |
| | B) | conditioning. |
| | C) | imprinting. |
| | D) | insight learning |
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