Exam 43: Animal Behavior

Respond to the following statements in reference to the five kinds of behavior listed below. -A garter snake avoids dangerous or unpalatable prey.This is an example of __________.

Male cichlids switching between dominant and subordinate behavioral phenotype depending on whether a larger dominant male is present is an example of _____.  

An animal interrupting its daily pattern of activity to travel in a persistent manner toward a new habitat is known as  

Choose the one most appropriate response for each. Some letters may not be used. -Operant conditioning

Classification. Respond to the following statements in reference to the four kinds of social behavior listed below. -When the offspring of one brood of Florida scrub-jays help their parents in taking care of their siblings in the next brood,this is an example of __________.

Classical conditioning and operant conditioning differ in that they apply,respectively,to ____ and ____ behavior.  

A dance that recruits other bees into foraging 90 degrees to the right of the sun is indicated by flying ____.  

Figure 43.6 -The above figure of goslings (baby geese)following their mother demonstrates ____.  

With __________,an animal modifies a voluntary behavior in response to the behavior's consequences.

Classification. Respond to the following statements in reference to the four kinds of social behavior listed below. -When a colony of bluegill sunfishes competes for the safe sites at the center of the group,this is an example of __________.

Respond to the following statements in reference to the four kinds of reception listed below that are used by social animals. -The primary signal sent out by receptive female primates is likely to be this.

Bees use which type of communication method to transmit location of a food source?  

The fact that genes associated with altruism are favored by natural selection if they lead to the reproductive success of an altruist's closest relatives is called _____.  

What is the greatest benefit for carnivores who hunt cooperatively?  

Respond to the following statements in reference to the five kinds of behavior listed below. -If the young of precocial (young that are relatively mature and mobile when hatched)birds (e.g.,chickens or ducks)are continually shown a large moving object during the first few days of their lives,they will follow that object.This is an example of __________.

What is an example of observational learning?  

A classic example of classical conditioning is _____.  

The "confusion effect" occurs ____.  

Classification. Respond to the following statements in reference to the four kinds of social behavior listed below. -When a clump of sawfly caterpillars rear up,writhe,and regurgitate toxic fluid after being disturbed,this is an example of __________.

Which of the following is an example of an ultimate cause of animal behavior?