Question 1

Which one of the following examples describes a communication mode that would be best for signaling over the greatest distance in a dark,densely forested environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  display of plumage of a male bird to attract females
B)  waggle dance of a honeybee in a colony within the forest
C)  pheromones released by a female moth
D)  territorial song of a male bird to repel other males
E)  flashing of a male firefly to attract conspecific femalesF) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

The modification of behavior as a result of experience is called

Accepted Answer

A)  association.
B)  behavior modification.
C)  habituation.
D)  learning.
E)  sensitization.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 3

The area over which an animal moves in the course of daily activity,but which it does not necessarily defend against other animals,is its

Accepted Answer

A)  family home.
B)  foraging space.
C)  home range.
D)  nesting site.
E)  territory.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

Konrad Lorenz demonstrated that newly hatched birds would direct their social behavior toward him if they saw him first after they hatched from their eggs.This is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  cross-fostering behavior.
B)  operant conditioning.
C)  fixed action patterning.
D)  habituation behavior.
E)  imprinting behavior.F) B) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 5

Choose the letter of the best match from the following:
-Move long distances using sun and stars.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognition
B)  waggle dance
C)  navigation
D)  filial imprinting
E)  fixed action patternF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

All of the following are examples of animal behavioral responses to environmental cues except

Accepted Answer

A)  the feeding frenzy.
B)  the mating ritual.
C)  bee waggle-dance.
D)  resistance to infection.
E)  migration.F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive
B)  instinctive
C)  genetic
D)  associational
E)  endogenousF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

Alarm calling seems to be an example of ________,that is,it favors relatives.

Accepted Answer

A)  sociology
B)  demography
C)  aggression
D)  kin selectionE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 9

In species where the young are precocial,meaning requiring little parental care,males may be more likely to be

Accepted Answer

A)  monogamous.
B)  polygynous.
C)  polyandrous.
D)  polygamous.
E)  altricial.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

Which one of the following statements comparing the naked mole rat social system with social insect societies is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  As with social insect societies,colony members are kin.
B)  As with social insect societies,it is based on haplodiploidy.
C)  Unlike social insect societies,all colony members are diploid.
D)  As with social insect societies,there is one queen and several reproductive males per colony.
E)  As with social insect societies,there is a division of labor within the colony.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 11

You place an empty dog-food dish across the room from a puppy that then goes over to investigate the dish.You pick the dish up and ten minutes later you place it in a different part of the room,and you keep repeating this pattern.After the fifth time the puppy no longer goes over to the empty dish.Which of the following terms best describes this form of learning?

Accepted Answer

A)  trial and error learning
B)  habituation
C)  classical conditioning
D)  operant conditioning
E)  imprintingF) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

Young birds see objects flying overhead and respond by crouching down into the nest and remaining still.Over time some objects become familiar and the young birds do not crouch down.This type of learning is referred to as

Accepted Answer

A)  sensitization.
B)  associative learning.
C)  operant conditioning.
D)  habituation.
E)  Pavlovian conditioning.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

Choose the letter of the best match from the following:
-A form of communication in honeybees.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognition
B)  waggle dance
C)  navigation
D)  filial imprinting
E)  fixed action patternF) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

Chemical signals that mediate interactions between two or more members of a given species are called ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  pheromones
B)  alarm signals
C)  hormones
D)  competitive exclusionsE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Pea fowl (peacocks and peahens) show sexual dimorphism.Which statement best describes the graphed data?

Accepted Answer

A)  There are no peacocks with less than 140 eyespots.
B)  The fewer eyespots that a peacock has in his tail,the more mates he attracts.
C)  Actually eyespots have very little to do with mate-attracting activities.
D)  The more eyespots that a peacock has in his tail,the more mates he attracts.
E)  There are no peacocks with more than 165 eyespots.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

The genetic basis of behavior is supported by all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  hybridization studies.
B)  studies on the behavior of twins.
C)  artificial selection.
D)  studies of supernormal stimuli.
E)  imprinting.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

Choose the letter of the best match from the following:
-Innate motor program.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognition
B)  waggle dance
C)  navigation
D)  filial imprinting
E)  fixed action patternF) C) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 18

The degree of parental investment required often results in the non-random mating behavior called ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)  sexual selection
B)  fidelity
C)  mate choice
D)  preferabilityE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Which of the following is an appropriate interpretation for these graphs? 
Maternal care (as measured by minutes crouching over offspring and proportion of pups retrieved) in female mice that have the fosB allele is

Accepted Answer

A)  less than the maternal care given by female mice without the fosB allele.
B)  greater than the maternal care given by female mice without the fosB allele.
C)  the same as the maternal care given by female mice without the fosB allele.
D)  less than the maternal care given by female mice without the fosB allele;however,the graphs depict only minor differences,which are most likely not significant.
E)  not possible to determine from the data.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)  altricial behavior.
B)  instinctive behavior.
C)  kin selection.
D)  operant conditioning.
E)  adaptive behavior.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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Which one of the following statements comparing the naked mole rat social system with social insect societies is false?

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Alarm calling seems to be an example of ________,that is,it favors relatives.

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The genetic basis of behavior is supported by all of the following except

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

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Pea fowl (peacocks and peahens) show sexual dimorphism.Which statement best describes the graphed data?

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Konrad Lorenz demonstrated that newly hatched birds would direct their social behavior toward him if they saw him first after they hatched from their eggs.This is referred to as

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In species where the young are precocial,meaning requiring little parental care,males may be more likely to be

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Young birds see objects flying overhead and respond by crouching down into the nest and remaining still.Over time some objects become familiar and the young birds do not crouch down.This type of learning is referred to as

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Which of the following is an appropriate interpretation for these graphs? Maternal care (as measured by minutes crouching over offspring and proportion of pups retrieved) in female mice that have the fosB allele is

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The area over which an animal moves in the course of daily activity,but which it does not necessarily defend against other animals,is its

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Chemical signals that mediate interactions between two or more members of a given species are called ________________.

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