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| 1 | Which of the following is NOT a famous pioneer in the field of animal behavior? |
 | A) | Lorenz |
| B) | Nicholson |
| C) | Tingergen |
| D) | Von Frisch |
| E) | All of the above are famous pioneers in the field of animal behavior |
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| 2 | Which of the following investigates the immediate causes of behavior? |
| A) | Proximate |
| B) | Ultimate |
| C) | Teleological |
| D) | Releasing factors |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 3 | Questions of ultimate causation are answered using comparative methodology, such as applying phylogenetic analyses to understanding evolutionary changes in behavior. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 4 | Much of the work by comparative psychologists and ethologists can be found under the discipline of behavioral ecology. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 5 | Imprinting is NOT a kind of learned behavior and is called "imprinting" because of its strong heritability. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 6 | Animal aggression within a species seldom results in injury or death because animals have evolved many symbolic... |
| A) | Aggressive behaviors |
| B) | Agonistic behaviors |
| C) | Ritualized displays |
| D) | Chaotic encounters |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 7 | Territoriality is another facet of sociality in animal populations. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 8 | Because altruistic behavior occurs among unrelated individuals in many natural populations, kin-selection theory does not explain all altruistic behavior. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 9 | Darwinian selective explanations for social behavior have been investigated extensively using the mathematical theory of games to determine which behaviors may qualify as evolutionarily stable strategies or ESS. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 10 | One of the most sophisticated and complex of all nonhuman communication systems is the symbolic language of bees. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 11 | Phylogenetic studies have unfortunately not been important for testing hypotheses of the evolution of mating behavioral and morphological characters by sexual selection. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 12 | Baby sea gulls peck at the red spots on the beaks of their parents to elicit regurgitation of food. This is probably a... |
| A) | Stereotyped behavior |
| B) | Learned behavior |
| C) | Habituated behavior |
| D) | Latent behavior |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 13 | In the previous example, the red spot is known as the... |
| A) | Sign stimulus |
| B) | Transpondant |
| C) | Transducer |
| D) | Potentiator |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 14 | Innate behavior is clearly under the control of _____________, although the mechanism is not well understood. |
| A) | The environment |
| B) | Genetics |
| C) | Parental imprinting |
| D) | Latent periods |
| E) | All of the above are correct |
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| 15 | Which of the following is NOT associated with behavior? |
| A) | Imprinting |
| B) | Habituation |
| C) | Latent behavior |
| D) | Sensitization |
| E) | Immune response |
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| 16 | By definition, when two animals fight, it is called _________, but any activity associated with fighting behavior, including submission and retreat is called ____________. |
| A) | Territoriality, agonistic behavior |
| B) | Territoriality, aggression |
| C) | Agonistic behavior, aggression |
| D) | Aggression, agonistic behavior |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 17 | Territoriality involves the behavior of ... |
| A) | Traveling within the home range |
| B) | Breeding |
| C) | Defense |
| D) | Submissiveness |
| E) | All of the above are correct |
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| 18 | Territoriality is most pronounced when... |
| A) | Resources are in short supply |
| B) | The home range is restricted |
| C) | Multiple species occupy an area |
| D) | Agonistic displays are restricted |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 19 | From a genetic perspective, it makes sense that altruistic behavior exists between... |
| A) | Members of the same species |
| B) | Members of related species |
| C) | Related members of the same species |
| D) | All of the above are correct |
| E) | None of the above is correct |
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| 20 | Which of the following is NOT true? |
| A) | The Japanese biologist, Niko Tinbergen, originated the science of sociobiology. |
| B) | Most behaviors of animals are innate. |
| C) | Sensitization requires the action of a facilitating neuron that causes a release of more neurotransmitters. |
| D) | One invertebrate in which learning has been much studied is the sea hare, Aplysia. Both habituation and sensitization has been shown in this species. |
| E) | Female defense Polygyny occurs when females aggregate, and are therefore defendable, as is seen in animals such as elephant seals. |
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| 21 | Which one of the following is correct? |
| A) | When a very young animal forms an attachment to the first thing it sees after being hatched or born, the phenomenon is known as habituation. |
| B) | During times of food scarcity, the dominant members of a social group are usually those at a disadvantage. |
| C) | Moths find mates by the use of auditory attractants, known as pheromones. |
| D) | A lek is the equivalent of a home range and is found only in birds. |
| E) | All of the above are false. |
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| 22 | Over time, territorial disputes subside, and to a casual observer, the animals may not even appear to be territorial at all. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 23 | The scientist who first proposed a coherent theory to describe altruism is W.D. Hamilton. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 24 | A behavior that is carried out in a standard, predictable sequence is called a stereotypical behavior. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 25 | The stimulus that initiates an innate behavior is called a releaser. For example, when a baby feels a nipple near its mouth, it begins to attempt to suckle. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |