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A very rapid kind of communication that works even at a distance and in the dark is

A) chemical communication.
B) auditory communication.
C) tactile communication.
D) visual communication.
E) pheromones.

F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

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Which of the following experiments would help support the idea that behavior can be influenced by the environment?

A) Robins who were raised in the nest of sparrows sing the sparrow song when they are older.
B) Laughing gull chicks increase their pecking efficiency when presented with a model of the parents bill.
C) A baby goose hatches out and the first object it sees is a red ball. The goose will follow the ball around as it grows up.
D) Young blue jays eat a monarch for the first time and become ill. The birds stop preying upon monarchs after the experience.
E) All of these are examples of how the environment can influence behavior.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

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Which of the following supports a genetic basis of behavior?

Salmon fish hatcheries add a harmless perfume (morpholine) to a stream when they release young fish.When the fish mature,they attract them back to the home stream by using this chemical (in nature the fish smell the unique odors of soil and trees along the home stream) .In effect,the hatchery biologist is using

The main result of the experiments with two groups of California garter snakes that varied in habitat and food was

While walking along a trail in the woods you notice that your dog walks over to a tree and urinates on the base of the largest tree on the trail.Your dog's behavior is an example of

Which of the following statements is NOT true about fixed action patterns (FAPs) ?

Learning that is reinforced by rewards,a gradual strengthening of stimulus-response connections,is called

Some fish give off a chemical when injured that signals to other fish that a predator is nearby.The chemical causes the uninjured fish to group together in a tight formation,move to the bottom of the water and cease movement to make it less likely that they will be preyed upon.

In gibbon society which parent invests more energy into the success of the young?

The competitive behavior among red deer stags competing to be harem master is advantageous because

An example of territoriality is

The sensitive period is most closely associated with

The discovery of a gene in Aplysia slugs that results in protein products including egg-laying hormone is evidence that

What is a change in behavior that involves associating two separate events?

Primate grooming and honeybee waggle dancing share which of these forms of communication?

When training a dog to perform on a Television show the trainer first watches the dog's behavior,chooses one that approximates what the director has asked to have done and begins rewarding the dog every time he performs this natural behavior.Gradually the trainer changes when the reward is given altering the behavior toward the desired performance until this is what the dog does each time,in place of the natural behavior.The trainer has used __________ to train the dog.

Which of the following is a negative consequence of having a territory?

Imprinting and songbird singing are both examples of

Altruistic behaviors between closely related animals are selected for because they