Exam 36: Animal Behavior

Egg-rolling movement of gray-lag geese is an example of fixed or ____________ behavior.

The effort to experiment with animals to determine general laws of behavior that might also apply to humans is

Aggressive behavior between sexual rivals

Sociobiology,the ethological study of social behavior,was originated by

Explain the difference between proximate causation and ultimate (evolutionary)causation.

At first puppies crouch in fear when a leaf flutters overhead.Later they learn to disregard it.What is this called?

An example of social organization is

An activity related to fighting,whether it be aggression,defense,submission,or retreat,is called ____________ behavior.

What properties of organisms,species,and ecosystems make the study of behavior so much more complex,than say,the study of a single reaction under controlled conditions in a test tube?

Why is territoriality considered an alternative to dominance behavior?

The social ranking that serves to reduce social tensions within a social order is called a _________ _________.

What is a stimulus that triggers a stereotypical behavior called?

Evolutionary modification of a normal behavior into a display to improve communication is called

When many female seals gather on a small island so the few dominant males can gain access and defend their groupings of females,this represents

Questions concerned with proximate causation of a behavior would focus on

A benefit of social organization may be

Much of an animal's behavior is triggered by a few key signals called ____________ or sign stimuli.

Why do you suppose the concept of sociobiology,a subdiscipline founded on basic biological principles and comparative behavior,runs into such a public buzz saw of disapproval?

The invariable,predictable,stereotyped behavior of animals that does not require learning is called ____________ behavior.

Honeybees communicate the location of food resources by two types of dances,the round dance and the ____________ dance.