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1 | | Why is it more difficult to study the evolution of behavior than the evolution of structural characteristics? |
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2 | | List two animal behaviors and state the significance of the behavior to the reproductive success of the animal. |
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3 | | Why do students of animal behavior reject the idea that a singing bird is happy? |
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4 | | Define anthropomorphism. |
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5 | | List two ways in which learned and instinctive behaviors differ. |
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6 | | Briefly describe an example of unlearned behavior in a particular animal. Explain why you know it is unlearned. |
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7 | | Briefly describe an example of learned behavior in a particular animal. Explain why you know it is learned. |
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8 | | Give an example of a conditioned response. Can you describe one that is not mentioned in this chapter? |
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9 | | How are classical conditioning and operant conditioning different? |
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10 | | What is imprinting, and what value does it have to an organism? |
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11 | | Give an example of habituation in a wild animal. |
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12 | | In what kinds of animals is observational learning common? |
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13 | | Why is insight difficult to demonstrate in animals? |
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14 | | Give an example of the value of exploratory learning. |
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15 | | Which one of the following animals--goose, shark, or grasshopper--is likely to have the highest proportion of learning in its behavior? List two reasons for your answer. |
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16 | | Give an example of instinct, habituation, association, and imprinting in humans. |
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17 | | Describe why communication is important to successful reproduction. |
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18 | | Describe two alternative strategies for assuring that some offspring will survive to continue the species. |
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19 | | How do territorial behavior and dominance hierarchies provide certain individuals with an advantage? |
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20 | | What distinguishes societies from simple aggregations of individuals? |
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21 | | How do animals use chemicals, light, and sound to communicate? |
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22 | | What is sociobiology? |
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