Exam 32: Animal Behaviour

Match each physiological response to the hormone that causes the response. A hormone may be selected more than once. -changes production based on outcomes of conflicts

Which of the following species are known to engage in altruistic behaviour?

Match each term with its definition. -leks

The presence of which hormone results in the production of more neurons in the higher vocal centre of the brains of male zebra finches but NOT in the brains of female zebra finches?

Classify each example as one of the three behaviours. The behaviours may be used more than once. -You skip class but borrow the notes from a friend, who skips class himself the next week, at which point you lend him your notes.

What is haplodiploidy, and how is it related to altruism in honeybees?

GnRH-producing cells in the brains of male cichlids are larger in territorial individuals.

Which sentence describes the sounds of young male White-crowned Sparrows that were experimentally raised without ever hearing the sound of their species?

Categorize the following learning examples as either classical or operant conditioning. -Horses hurry to their mangers when the barn door opens.

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. -A group of ducklings were experimentally isolated in a room containing only a large cardboard box that researchers rigged to be movable by remote control. The ducklings soon became attached to the box, following it around the enclosure.

Which of the following animals are migratory?

Categorize the following learning examples as either classical or operant conditioning. -Captive dolphins jump from the water on command and are rewarded with fish.

Match each physiological response to the hormone that causes the response. A hormone may be selected more than once. -stimulates the production of additional neurons in the higher vocal centre

What is an animal using if it finds its way by the type of way-finding known as piloting?

Neurons in the higher vocal centre of a male finch's brain are stimulated to proliferate by testosterone.

Match each term with its definition. -sign stimuli

Use the illustration below to answer the following questions. -Which label on the graph represents the epidermis on the Eimer's organ of the star-nosed mole?

Which function would a worker bee that is about one day old most likely perform in the hive?

Use the illustration below to answer the following questions. -Which label on the graph represents the dermis on the Eimer's organ of the star-nosed mole?

Match each description of a mating system with the most appropriate term. -Prairie voles choose one mate and stay with that partner for life.