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a sequence of unlearned acts directly linked to a simple stimulus - -fixed
action pattern
-A chemical that acts as an alarm substance is a - -pheromone
-Honeybees have a remarkable way of transferring information about the
location of a food source to other members of the hive. The worker bees
conveying this information use __________ communication to relay this
information. - -visual
-Animals that exhibit which type of mating behavior are often so
morphologically similar that it is difficult to distinguish the sexes based on
external characteristics - -monogamous
-A cross-fostering study is a study in which - -young of one species are
placed in the care of adults of another species
-Migratory orientations within a species are___________. - -genetically
determined
-A(n) ______ involves a response to each stimulus that is the stimulus for the
next behavior - -stimulus-response chain
-Which of the following is an example of a circannual rhythm - -Every spring
robins gather in the park to build nests and reproduce.
-Which of the following best illustrates optimal foraging - -A sunbird will
defend more fiercely flowers that produce more food.
-Niko Tinbergen's 4 questions - -1. What stimulus elicits the behavior, and
what physiological mechanisms mediate the response?
2. How does the animal's experience during growth and development
influence the response?
3. How does the behavior aid survival and reproduction?
4. What is the behavior's evolutionary history?
-In addition to serving as a weapon, the male fiddler crabs large claw - -is
used to attract females when searching for a mate
-This type of associative learning that involves trial and error is - -Operant
conditioning
, -This type of associative learning that Ivan Pavlov used in which he always
rang a bell before feeding a dog is called - -Classical conditioning
-______ is/are critical to imprinting a long-lasting behavioral response to a
particular individual or object - -sensitive period
-What signals might be best employed by a nocturnal forest animal seeking
to identify its territory? - -auditory and olfactory
-Ants carry dead ants out of an anthill and dump them on a "trash" pile. If a
chemical from a dead ant is applied to a live ant, other ants will carry it,
kicking and struggling, from the anthill, until the substance wears off. Which
of the following explains this behavior? - -The chemical is a sign stimulus for
a fixed action pattern
-Problem solving that is learned by observing the behavior of other
individuals is called - -social learning
-The main premise of sociobiology is - -Certain behaviors are the expression
of genes that have been favored by evolution
-Off in the distance, on the side of a mountain, you spot four female deer
and a single male deer. If this reflects the mating system of this species, it
would be an example of __________. - -polygyny
-When animals engage in _____, they often perform displays that make them
look as large and dangerous as possible. - -agonistic behavior
-Altruism is best defined as _________. - -behavior that reduces an individual
animal's fitness but increases the fitness of other individuals in the
population
-Which choice below describes a feature of grassland that explains why it's
remnants are concentrated in arid regions of North America and Central Asia
- -The soil is fertile and most grassland has been converted to farmland
-A thermocline is a - -Narrow layer of abrupt temperature change in most
lakes and the ocean
-A large stone or log that shelters animals from extreme temperatures and
moisture is called a(n) _________. - -microclimate
-Terrestrial biomes include all of the following regions - -Tundra, taiga,
savanna, chaparral
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