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Due to reproductive isolation,a new species of weaver bird is evolving.Is it likely to use a social or solitary nesting strategy?

A) It depends on whether it lives in the forest or the open savanna.
B) It depends on whether it lives in near water or near the desert.
C) It depends on how many similar species it is competing with.
D) It depends on how many eggs it lays.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which best describes the role of neurotransmitters in behavior?

A) In specific ecological contexts,neurotransmitters can be important for behavior.For instance,aggression requires the neurotransmitter serotonin.
B) Some specific behaviors will require neurotransmitters.For instance,aggression requires the neurotransmitter serotonin.
C) Neurotransmitters allow neurons to communicate,and are thus involved in all behaviors.Levels of specific neurotransmitters have been associated with levels of specific behaviors -- such as serotonin and aggression.
D) Neurotransmitters have been developed for researchers who want to manipulate animal behaviors.For instance,serotonin can be applied to lobsters to increase aggression.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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A nonassociative learning called ________ can be defined as a decrease in response to a repeated stimulus that has no positive or negative consequences.

Artificial selection and hybridization can demonstrate the ________ basis of behavior.

A zoo is hand-rearing a group of orphaned white-crowned sparrows.What is the best approach to help prepare the males to attract mates when released into the wild?

Research on starlings indicates that young birds migrate by ________,but older birds use true ________.

Which of the following are eusocial (true social) insects? (Check all that apply.)

Tinbergen is credited with founding the field of behavioral ________,the study of how natural selection shapes behavior.

Correctly rephrase the following famous quote from J.B.S.Haldane."I would lay down my life in order to save two brothers or ________."

A bird sanctuary sometimes takes over the care of eggs or chicks of an endangered duck species if the parents are killed.They are sometimes able to use mothers of farm ducks to cross-foster the chicks,but it doesn't always work.Looking at the following data table,what is the critical period for imprinting in this species? (Note: DAH stands for "days after hatching".)

Animals that acquire energy efficiently during foraging will increase their fitness by having more energy available for ________.

If a scientist is conducting a study of how an animal's senses provide a physiological basis for a particular behavior,what type of causation is she exploring?

If a behavior has evolved by natural selection,it must have ________.

The degree of parental investment required often results in the nonrandom mating behavior called ________.

If a scientist is conducting a study of how a male bird's song and the female bird's response evolved,what type of causation is she exploring?

The vertical dive of a moth for cover when it hears the ultrasound chirps of an approaching bat is an example of a(n)

B.F.Skinner first introduced operant conditioning experiments.What happens in these experiments?

A behavior that has evolved to aid relatives,although at personal risk,and thus increases the chance of your genes being passed on to the next generation is known as

In which of the following examples has communication occurred? (Check all that apply)

Hamilton explained the origin of altruism in selected insect societies with his kin selection model of sex determination.Since males are haploid and females are diploid,the workers share a very high proportion of alleles,theoretically as high as 75%.What is this called?