Question 1

Kin selection is a form of

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A)  altruism.
B)  territoriality.
C)  imprinting.
D)  confrontation.
E)  sexual selection.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

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

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A)  Both parents are equally involved in the success of the young.
B)  The female invests more energy into the success of the young.
C)  The male invests more energy into the success of the young.
D)  Neither parent invests in the success of the young.
E)  Initially,the female invests in the success of the young but the male takes over and ensures the success of the young.F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 3

Male birds court females of the correct species because they look like their mother.This is due to

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A)  an innate behavior.
B)  a learned behavior.
C)  an altruistic act.
D)  imprinting.
E)  a fixed action pattern.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

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

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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 the answer choices are correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 5

The pecking behavior of laughing gull chicks becomes more accurate with time.This is most likely an example of

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A)  a fixed action pattern.
B)  innate behavior.
C)  learning.
D)  imprinting.
E)  altruistic behavior.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D) C

Question 6

An example of territoriality is

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A)  barnacles attached to a boat bottom.
B)  a red-winged blackbird singing to ward off other males and attract a female to the nest in his fence row.
C)  a cloud of moths attracted to a light.
D)  a swarm of mosquitoes hovering around a sweaty person.
E)  bees attracted to a flower garden.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 7

Fifty days after hatching,a white-crowned sparrow will never be able to sing a normal song if reared in isolation.This is an example of

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A)  a sensitive period.
B)  a sign stimulus.
C)  an innate behavior.
D)  fixed action pattern.
E)  habituation.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 8

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.

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A)  tactile communication
B)  imprinting
C)  a fixed action pattern
D)  operant conditioning
E)  chemical communicationF) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 9

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

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A)  imprinting.
B)  operant conditioning.
C)  insight learning.
D)  extinction.
E)  motivation.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 10

Which two organ systems are most involved in producing physiological changes leading to appropriate behavior patterns?

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A)  nervous and digestive
B)  digestive and urinary
C)  nervous and reproductive
D)  nervous and endocrine
E)  reproductive and digestiveF) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 11

Imprinting helps birds

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A)  perform the proper courtship ritual.
B)  defend their territory.
C)  recognize a member of their own species.
D)  form a fixed action pattern.
E)  build a better nest.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 12

Some animals define a territory and defend it.Maintaining a territory costs in terms of the energy expended in defense and puts the defender and the aggressor at risk of an injury that could cost their life.What benefits do organisms derive from keeping a territory?

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A)  obtaining a mate and eliminates predators
B)  keeping a constant supply of food and encouraging other species to settle in the area
C)  encouraging other species to settle in the area and obtaining a mate
D)  obtaining a mate and keeping a constant supply of food
E)  defeating predators and encouraging other species to settle in the areaF) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 13

A parrot fluffs out her feathers and screeches when another female bird approaches.She is

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A)  communicating using only visual signals.
B)  sick.
C)  communicating using only auditory signals.
D)  communicating using visual signals and auditory signals.
E)  communicating using tactile cues.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 14

Which body system plays an important role in influencing behavior?

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A)  endocrine
B)  cardiovascular
C)  respiratory
D)  digestive
E)  integumentaryF) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

Unselfish acts that help others in a group so that they increase their chances of surviving and reproducing is called

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A)  altruistic behavior.
B)  selfish behavior.
C)  natural selection.
D)  inclusive fitness.
E)  sexual selection.F) C) and E)
G) A) and B) A

Question 16

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

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A)  the fish's inborn instincts to relocate its own stream.
B)  a fish's higher order reasoning.
C)  an experiment based on the ability of fish to learn by trial and error.
D)  chemotropisms.
E)  imprinting.F) D) and E)
G) B) and C) E

Question 17

Isolated songbirds will sing a more correct song if they

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A)  are never removed from isolation.
B)  listen to their own species' song within a particular time period.
C)  listen to other species' songs.
D)  are punished for not singing a complicated song.
E)  are given an adult tutor.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 18

In reciprocal altruism the helper "gains" a fitness benefit.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

____ is a system in which animals arrange themselves in a pecking order.The animal above takes precedence over the one below.

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A)  Imprinting
B)  Inclusive fitness
C)  Dominance hierarchy
D)  Altruism
E)  Circadian rhythmF) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 20

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

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A)  the behavior was determined by the environment (terrestrial versus aquatic) .
B)  the behavior was learned; one group learned to like to eat slugs,the other,fish.
C)  the behavior was general; the snakes ate anything that moved.
D)  the behavior was genetic,and hybrids had an intermediate response to the two food extracts.
E)  the behavior was imprinted by whatever they ate when they were first born.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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

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Male birds court females of the correct species because they look like their mother.This is due to

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

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The pecking behavior of laughing gull chicks becomes more accurate with time.This is most likely an example of

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An example of territoriality is

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Fifty days after hatching,a white-crowned sparrow will never be able to sing a normal song if reared in isolation.This is an example of

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

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Which two organ systems are most involved in producing physiological changes leading to appropriate behavior patterns?

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Imprinting helps birds

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Some animals define a territory and defend it.Maintaining a territory costs in terms of the energy expended in defense and puts the defender and the aggressor at risk of an injury that could cost their life.What benefits do organisms derive from keeping a territory?

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A parrot fluffs out her feathers and screeches when another female bird approaches.She is

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Which body system plays an important role in influencing behavior?

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

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

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