AP Biology (Mader), 11th Edition

Chapter 43: Behavioral Ecology

Post-Test

1
Scientists have conducted experiments confirming that maternal behavior in mice and egg-laying behavior in marine snails:
A)is a result of tactile communication between males and females of the same species.
B)is a result of operant conditioning.
C)is learned through imprinting.
D)has a genetic basis.
2
Birds that get sick after eating a monarch butterfly no longer prey on monarch butterflies. This is an example of:
A)Operant learning
B)Associative learning
C)Classical conditioning
D)Imprinting
3
The researcher well known for studying operant conditioning is _____.
A)Mendel
B)Wallace
C)Watson
D)Skinner
4
The gradual strengthening of stimulus-response connections is associated with _____.
A)fixed action patterns
B)operant conditioning
C)imprinting
5
Development of the Laughing Gull chick begging behavior involves all of the following EXCEPT:
A)Improvement in motor skills
B)Visual experience
C)Pheromones
D)A fixed action pattern
6
_______ occurs when an animal suddenly solves a problem without any prior experience with the situation.
A)Insight learning
B)Operant conditioning
C)Imprinting
7
All of the following correctly describe sexual selection EXCEPT:
A)Is a form of natural selection
B)Favors features that increase an animal's chances of mating
C)Often results in male choice and female competition
D)Include peahens choosing a mate with the most elaborate tail
8
Imprinting has survival value and leads to reproductive success because:
A)it makes the individual stronger and more competitive.
B)it leads to being able to recognize one's own species and, therefore, an appropriate mate.
C)it ensures the random mating of all individuals within a population.
9
Which of the following statements about bird songs is true?
A)Birds that heard no songs at all sang no songs.
B)Birds never sing the songs of another species.
C)Social experience has a very strong influence over the development of singing.
D)Bird songs are a form of tactile communication.
10
All of the following are examples of territoriality EXCEPT:
A)Fighting
B)Vocalizing
C)Marking with urine
D)Laughing gull chick's begging behavior
11
Behavior is:
A)Has a genetic basis and is not controlled by any environmental influences
B)Typical of vertebrates, but other animals do not have detectable actions that can be observed or described
C)A learned action that can be observed or described
D)Any action that can be observed or described
12
Among baboons _____.
A)only dominant males are able to mate with fertile females
B)there are separate dominance hierarchies for males and females
C)females are fertile the entire time they are in estrus
13
Male songbirds identify their territory by _____.
A)building a nest
B)marking it with chemicals in their urine
C)singing
D)fighting
14
An example of operant conditioning is:
A)when an animal calls on prior experiences in other circumstances to solve a problem.
B)long distance travel from one location to another.
C)chicks following the first moving object they encounter after birth.
D)trainers using food or affection to reward an animal for performing a trick (behavior).
15
The form of communication that is fast and effective both night and day is _____ communication.
A)chemical
B)auditory
C)visual
D)tactile
16
Chemical signals are passed between members of the same species through the production of _____.
A)pheromones
B)hormones
C)neurotransmitters
17
A waggle dance is used by bees to indicate:
A)direction and distance of a food source.
B)the danger of an approaching predator.
C)a readiness for mating.
D)a migratory pathway.
18
Indirect selection is adaptation to the environment:
A)due to the inheritance of acquired traits.
B)that includes an individual's reproductive success and the reproductive success of relatives.
C)due to one's own reproductive success.
D)due to the reproductive success of the individual's relatives.
19
Research in humans _____.
A)has shown fraternal twins have remarkably similar behavior when raised separately
B)has shown fraternal twins have remarkably similar behavior when raised together
C)has shown identical twins have remarkably similar behavior when raised separately
20
Typically, the reproductive strategy of Gibbons is to be _________.
A)polyanthrus
B)polygamous
C)monogamous
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