Exam 32: Animal Behaviour

Match each term with its definition. -fixed action patterns

Match each term with its definition. -instinctive behaviour

Males and females often differ in their reproductive strategies. What is the male strategy compared to the female strategy?

Which cue most likely functions as sign stimuli to trigger smiling in very young babies?

Classify each example as one of the three behaviours. The behaviours may be used more than once. -You donate money anonymously to a charity and tell no one about it.

From an evolutionary perspective, why would humans sometimes act charitably toward strangers?

Why do peahens choose peacocks with the longest, showiest tails, when a long tail might be easily grabbed by a predator?

The ZENK gene in the finch brain is activated by tactile stimuli.

Dominant male wild dogs have higher levels of cortisol and other stress-related hormones than submissive wild dogs.

How do black field crickets detect the ultrasound of predatory bats?

Female blackbirds choose a mate primarily by the quality of his plumage.

Match each physiological response to the hormone that causes the response. A hormone may be selected more than once. -stimulates genes in brain cells to produce certain proteins that affect nervous system function

What is the primary trigger for pecking behaviour in young herring gulls?

Figure 32-2 -In Figure 32-2, what does the bee do if the food source being communicated about is close to the hive?

How does a cricket respond when it hears the ultrasonic call of a bat coming from its right side?

Match each description of a mating system with the most appropriate term. -Corals release gametes into the open sea.

The following passages contain novel information describing real animal and human behaviours. Use the choices to classify the type of learning exemplified by each passage. A learning type may be used once, more than once, or not at all. -Wild ravens note the passage of a garbage collection truck and fly off to raid trash cans before the truck arrives to empty them.

Bees surrounding a dancing bee produce a brief acoustical signal that stimulates the dancer to regurgitate a sample of the new food.

Which of the following is correctly matched with its meaning?

Sociologists have noted that women in different environments seem to find different types of men attractive. For example, a physically weak but professionally successful man may be admired by women in New York City; while in rural Wyoming, the rugged cowboys are most popular. Explain this phenomenon from the perspective of an evolutionary view of human social behaviour.