Question 1

____ is defined as the transmission of a signal from one animal that influences the behavior of a receiving animal.

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A)  Imprinting
B)  Dominance hierarchy
C)  Communication
D)  Circadian rhythm
E)  Operant conditioningF) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 2

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

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A)  chemical communication
B)  auditory communication
C)  tactile communication
D)  visual communication
E)  physical communicationF) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

Many sterile worker bees give their lives to save a beehive from an attack by bears,etc.In such cases,we now know

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A)  these female worker bees are more related to hive offspring than they would be if they were fertile and mated; it is "calculated selfishness."
B)  this is really a case of bees consciously understanding the need to preserve the nest for their individual benefit and they might survive if all work together.
C)  each female worker is waiting to get her chance to reproduce.
D)  this is a case of sexual selection.
E)  the system is not yet understood.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 4

Imprinting and songbird singing are both examples of

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A)  altruism.
B)  innate but not learned behavior.
C)  a type of courtship ritual.
D)  innate behavior that also requires some learning.
E)  kin selection.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

You are passing through one of the science buildings on a university campus when you see a researcher come out of his laboratory and go into another room.You hear and then see a newly hatched duckling come out of the lab and run to follow the researcher into the other room.The duck's behavior can best be described as

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A)  a fixed action pattern.
B)  classical conditioning.
C)  imprinting.
D)  operant conditioning.
E)  altruistic.F) None of the above
G) All of the above

Question 6

Why is it an advantage for a female cardinal to choose a brightly colored male as her mate?

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A)  A brightly colored male is less attractive to predators.
B)  Brightly colored males are able to camouflage the nest with their red feathers.
C)  Brightly colored males are healthier and more likely to produce healthy offspring.
D)  A brightly colored male sings the loudest.
E)  A brightly colored male will help her raise their offspring.F) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 7

Describe the classical conditioning experiment of Ivan Pavlov.

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Question 8

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

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A)  energy expended to defend the territory
B)  access to food sources
C)  nesting sites for raising offspring
D)  protection from predators
E)  attract potential matesF) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

Why do females have a greater investment in offspring?

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A)  Choosing a mate takes a great deal of the energy from the female.
B)  Females are the only ones who invest any energy in raising offspring.
C)  Females must fight off any predators.
D)  Females invest energy as the embryo develops.
E)  Females invest energy in fighting off other females to obtain a mate.F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 10

Which experiment most closely confirms the linkage between DNA  →\rightarrow→  a gene  →\rightarrow→  a gene product  →\rightarrow→ the behavior that results from that product?

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A)  experiments with the inland and coastal garter snakes and their food preferences
B)  experiments with the Fischer lovebirds and their nest-building behavior
C)  experiments with laughing gull chicks and their pecking behavior to solicit food from the mother gull
D)  experiments with white-crowned sparrows and the critical period for learning bird songs
E)  experiments with Aplysia snails and their egg-laying behavior F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

Altruism is described as

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A)  displaced aggressive behavior.
B)  a means of ranking animals in a dominance hierarchy.
C)  actions of an animal that immediately benefit others rather than itself,but may harm itself.
D)  belligerent behavior that helps an animal compete in its society.
E)  an individual's reproductive success.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

Altruistic behaviors between closely related animals are selected for because they

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A)  reduce fighting between species.
B)  ensure the survival of the altruistic individual.
C)  increase the frequency of the altruistic individual's genes in the next generation.
D)  force individuals to cooperate with one another and thereby increase mating and population growth.
E)  stimulate new learning behaviors.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

An increase in fitness-the survival of more offspring-that occurs due to competition among males and mate choice by females is called

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

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a tactile communication method?

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A)  baby gulls pecking at parent's beak
B)  grooming in primates
C)  the waggle dance of bees
D)  pheromone release from female moths
E)  fish using their lateral lines to feel the presence of other fish swimming alongsideF) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 16

A male and female crane perform a series of moves in concert that lead up to mating.This is a form of

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A)  operant conditioning.
B)  altruism.
C)  imprinting.
D)  communication.
E)  learning.F) B) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 17

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

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A)  the egg-laying behavior is innate or hardwired into the slugs' brain.
B)  the egg-laying behavior has absolutely no nervous system involvement.
C)  genes can control endocrine gland secretions that can control behavior.
D)  this slug could avoid being eaten by garter snakes.
E)  genes only influence physiology and structure but not behavior.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 18

Which of the following supports a genetic basis of behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  two brothers raised in the same household who like the same type of ice cream
B)  identical twins that are raised in two separate families and grow up to smoke the same brand of cigarettes
C)  a sister and a brother who are raised in the same household and say things in the same way
D)  two unrelated individuals who are raised in the same household and have the same taste in clothing
E)  cousins who grow up in the same family prefer the same foodsF) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 19

Pheromones are

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A)  visual signals.
B)  auditory signals.
C)  chemical attractants.
D)  tactile responses.
E)  hormones.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

That behavior often has a learned component was shown by studying the

Accepted Answer

A)  migration of birds.
B)  altruism of human beings.
C)  feeding behavior of baby gull chicks.
D)  singing patterns of song birds.
E)  feeding behavior of baby gull chicks AND singing patterns of song birds.F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

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That behavior often has a learned component was shown by studying the

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Which of the following is NOT a tactile communication method?

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Why do females have a greater investment in offspring?

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

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Why is it an advantage for a female cardinal to choose a brightly colored male as her mate?

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

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Which of the following supports a genetic basis of behavior?

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An increase in fitness-the survival of more offspring-that occurs due to competition among males and mate choice by females is called

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Altruism is described as

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Describe the classical conditioning experiment of Ivan Pavlov.

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____ is defined as the transmission of a signal from one animal that influences the behavior of a receiving animal.

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

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A male and female crane perform a series of moves in concert that lead up to mating.This is a form of

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Altruistic behaviors between closely related animals are selected for because they

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