Exam 55: Behavioral Biology

Which one of the following statements comparing the naked mole rat social system with social insect societies is false?

You place an empty dog-food dish across the room from a puppy that then goes over to investigate the dish.You pick the dish up and ten minutes later you place it in a different part of the room,and you keep repeating this pattern.After the fifth time the puppy no longer goes over to the empty dish.Which of the following terms best describes this form of learning?

Young birds see objects flying overhead and respond by crouching down into the nest and remaining still.Over time some objects become familiar and the young birds do not crouch down.This type of learning is referred to as

The area over which an animal moves in the course of daily activity,but which it does not necessarily defend against other animals,is its

The degree of parental investment required often results in the non-random mating behavior called ___________.

The genetic basis of behavior is supported by all of the following except

All of the following are examples of animal behavioral responses to environmental cues except

Chemical signals that mediate interactions between two or more members of a given species are called ________________.

Choose the letter of the best match from the following: -Move long distances using sun and stars.

Artificial selection and hybridization can demonstrate the __________ basis of behavior.

Konrad Lorenz demonstrated that newly hatched birds would direct their social behavior toward him if they saw him first after they hatched from their eggs.This is referred to as

The modification of behavior as a result of experience is called

In species where the young are precocial,meaning requiring little parental care,males may be more likely to be

Which of the following is an appropriate interpretation for these graphs? Maternal care (as measured by minutes crouching over offspring and proportion of pups retrieved)in female mice that have the fosB allele is

Choose the letter of the best match from the following: -Innate motor program.

A behavior that has evolved to aid relatives,although at personal risk,and thus increases the chance of your genes being passed on to the next generation is known as

Which one of the following examples describes a communication mode that would be best for signaling over the greatest distance in a dark,densely forested environment?

Choose the letter of the best match from the following: -A form of communication in honeybees.

Pea fowl (peacocks and peahens)show sexual dimorphism.Which statement best describes the graphed data?

Alarm calling seems to be an example of ________,that is,it favors relatives.