Question 1

Which statement about the singing behavior of white-crowned sparrows is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Males sing to claim and advertise a breeding territory. 
B)  Learning a species-specific song occurs during an open-ended developmental period. 
C)  Males sing to attract females. 
D)  Females recognize the song of their species even though they do not sing it. 
E)  Genes influence the song a young male learns. 
A)  Males sing to claim and advertise a breeding territory. 
B)  Learning a species-specific song occurs during an open-ended developmental period. 
C)  Males sing to attract females. 
D)  Females recognize the song of their species even though they do not sing it. 
E)  Genes influence the song a young male learns.

Question 2

Which of the following does not characterize eusocial species?

Accepted Answer

A)  They live in social groups that contain nonreproductive workers. 
B)  Group members are typically unrelated. 
C)  Examples include ants, bees, wasps, and naked mole-rats. 
D)  They often construct elaborate nests or burrow systems. 
E)  The costs of establishing new colonies may be prohibitive. 
A)  They live in social groups that contain nonreproductive workers. 
B)  Group members are typically unrelated. 
C)  Examples include ants, bees, wasps, and naked mole-rats. 
D)  They often construct elaborate nests or burrow systems. 
E)  The costs of establishing new colonies may be prohibitive.

Question 3

Which female goat would recognize her offspring?

Accepted Answer

A)  A female prevented from having direct contact with her offspring in the first 10 minutes after birth 
B)  A female whose olfactory system was blocked before she gave birth 
C)  A female unable to see her offspring but able to have direct contact in the first 10 minutes after birth 
D)  A female allowed direct physical contact with her offspring starting 60 minutes after birth 
E)  A female allowed visual and auditory contact, but no direct physical contact, with her offspring in the first 10 minutes after birth 
A)  A female prevented from having direct contact with her offspring in the first 10 minutes after birth 
B)  A female whose olfactory system was blocked before she gave birth 
C)  A female unable to see her offspring but able to have direct contact in the first 10 minutes after birth 
D)  A female allowed direct physical contact with her offspring starting 60 minutes after birth 
E)  A female allowed visual and auditory contact, but no direct physical contact, with her offspring in the first 10 minutes after birth

Question 4

Which statement about scrub jays helping at the nest is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Offspring are forced by their parents to help rear subsequent broods. 
B)  Helpers are prior offspring of the breeding pair and are usually between one and three years of age. 
C)  Breeding pairs with helpers have higher reproductive success than breeding pairs without helpers. 
D)  Helpers are maximizing their inclusive fitness until they can successfully reproduce on their own. 
E)  Young birds that attempt to breed independently have little or no reproductive success. 
A)  Offspring are forced by their parents to help rear subsequent broods. 
B)  Helpers are prior offspring of the breeding pair and are usually between one and three years of age. 
C)  Breeding pairs with helpers have higher reproductive success than breeding pairs without helpers. 
D)  Helpers are maximizing their inclusive fitness until they can successfully reproduce on their own. 
E)  Young birds that attempt to breed independently have little or no reproductive success.

Question 5

African wild dogs are cooperative hunters that live in packs of various sizes.A researcher wants to study how pack size influences hunting success as well as survival and reproduction in this species.Which of Tinbergen's four questions is the researcher asking, and does the research question address proximate or ultimate causes of behavior?

Accepted Answer

The question concern

Question 6

Which of the following does not characterize deprivation experiments?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were used by ethologists. 
B)  They provide opportunities to learn species-specific behaviors. 
C)  Web spinning by young spiders is an example of a natural deprivation experiment. 
D)  They involve raising individual animals without access to conspecifics. 
E)  They demonstrate that a behavior is genetically determined. 
A)  They were used by ethologists. 
B)  They provide opportunities to learn species-specific behaviors. 
C)  Web spinning by young spiders is an example of a natural deprivation experiment. 
D)  They involve raising individual animals without access to conspecifics. 
E)  They demonstrate that a behavior is genetically determined.

Question 7

A dung beetle engaged in mating behavior has thereby forfeited time it could have spent foraging.The lost food is an example of

Accepted Answer

A)  an energetic cost. 
B)  an opportunity cost. 
C)  the Concorde fallacy. 
D)  a risk cost. 
E)  a territory cost. 
A)  an energetic cost. 
B)  an opportunity cost. 
C)  the Concorde fallacy. 
D)  a risk cost. 
E)  a territory cost.

Question 8

Female zebra finches

Accepted Answer

A)  prefer the directed song of their mate. 
B)  prefer the song of a closely related species. 
C)  prefer the undirected song of their mate. 
D)  display no preference when presented with the directed and undirected song of their mate. 
E)  cannot distinguish between the directed and undirected song of their mate. 
A)  prefer the directed song of their mate. 
B)  prefer the song of a closely related species. 
C)  prefer the undirected song of their mate. 
D)  display no preference when presented with the directed and undirected song of their mate. 
E)  cannot distinguish between the directed and undirected song of their mate.

Question 9

A woodchuck in your yard has learned to associate the jingle of your dog's license and rabies tags with the appearance of your dog.Immediately before the dog races around the corner, upon hearing the jingle, the woodchuck disappears into its burrow.In this situation, the _______ is the _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  sound of the tags; unconditioned stimulus 
B)  sight of the dog; conditioned response 
C)  sight of the dog; unconditioned response 
D)  sound of the tags; conditioned stimulus 
E)  sound of the tags; conditioned response 
A)  sound of the tags; unconditioned stimulus 
B)  sight of the dog; conditioned response 
C)  sight of the dog; unconditioned response 
D)  sound of the tags; conditioned stimulus 
E)  sound of the tags; conditioned response

Question 10

Which mating system would a species likely display if offspring survival is low when only the mother is present at the nest and fathers have almost no chance of finding another mate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Promiscuity 
B)  Polyandry 
C)  Polygyny, with males defending females 
D)  Polygyny, with males defending small territories on a lek 
E)  Monogamy 
A)  Promiscuity 
B)  Polyandry 
C)  Polygyny, with males defending females 
D)  Polygyny, with males defending small territories on a lek 
E)  Monogamy

Question 11

Which statement about mating systems is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Monogamy consists of the mating of one male with one female and biparental care. 
B)  Female-only care of young occurs in promiscuous mating systems. 
C)  Polygyny consists of the mating of one male with several females. 
D)  Polyandry is a rare mating system in which one female mates with several males. 
E)  In species that mate on leks, males provide parental care. 
A)  Monogamy consists of the mating of one male with one female and biparental care. 
B)  Female-only care of young occurs in promiscuous mating systems. 
C)  Polygyny consists of the mating of one male with several females. 
D)  Polyandry is a rare mating system in which one female mates with several males. 
E)  In species that mate on leks, males provide parental care.

Question 12

Which statement about the per gene is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  It can be mutated using chemicals. 
B)  It controls the duration (period) of the circadian rhythms of fruit flies. 
C)  In humans, a variant of this gene causes familial advanced phase sleep syndrome, a condition in which circadian rhythms are completely absent. 
D)  It is highly conserved from fruit flies to humans. 
E)  Variants of this gene cause long or short circadian rhythms. 
A)  It can be mutated using chemicals. 
B)  It controls the duration (period) of the circadian rhythms of fruit flies. 
C)  In humans, a variant of this gene causes familial advanced phase sleep syndrome, a condition in which circadian rhythms are completely absent. 
D)  It is highly conserved from fruit flies to humans. 
E)  Variants of this gene cause long or short circadian rhythms.

Question 13

Which rat will display lordosis (a component of female sexual behavior) in adulthood?

Accepted Answer

A)  A female spayed as newborn 
B)  A female spayed as an adult 
C)  A female exposed to testosterone as a newborn 
D)  A female spayed as a newborn and given estrogen in adulthood 
E)  A female spayed as a newborn and given estrogen as a newborn 
A)  A female spayed as newborn 
B)  A female spayed as an adult 
C)  A female exposed to testosterone as a newborn 
D)  A female spayed as a newborn and given estrogen in adulthood 
E)  A female spayed as a newborn and given estrogen as a newborn

Question 14

Karl von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz, and Niko Tinbergen were instrumental in starting a new field of study called _______ in which scientists studied a range of species, typically in the field, and focused on instinctive behaviors.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Karl von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz, and Niko...

Question 15

In mammals, the energetic and opportunity costs of reproduction are _______ in females than males, so females maximize their fitness by investing in _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  greater; their offspring 
B)  lower; their offspring 
C)  greater; additional mates 
D)  lower; additional mates 
E)  greater; additional territories 
A)  greater; their offspring 
B)  lower; their offspring 
C)  greater; additional mates 
D)  lower; additional mates 
E)  greater; additional territories

Question 16

Chemical communication between members of the same species can be performed by means of molecules called _______.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Chemical communication between members of the same...

Question 17

Refer to the figure showing the honey bee waggle dance.   The bee performing the waggle dance in part B of the figure is communicating what to her hivemates?

Accepted Answer

The bee is communicating that

Question 18

Two mice, Alison and Benny, were placed in a lab with continuous light.The graph describes their activity patterns.   To remain in phase with a 24-hour cycle, would Benny's cycle need to be phase-advanced or phase-delayed?

Accepted Answer

Benny's cy

Question 19

Refer to the figure showing a series of experiments carried out on female rats.   Based on the figure, which statement about sex steroids and rat sexual behavior is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  In treatment 3, a female rat at point E would not show female sexual behavior (lordosis). 
B)  In treatment 2, a female at point D would have a masculinized nervous system. 
C)  In treatment 3, a female rat at point F would show male sexual behavior. 
D)  The brain of a newborn female rat does not require exposure to estrogen for female sexual behavior to develop. 
E)  Estrogen in adulthood is needed to activate female sexual behavior. 
A)  In treatment 3, a female rat at point E would not show female sexual behavior (lordosis). 
B)  In treatment 2, a female at point D would have a masculinized nervous system. 
C)  In treatment 3, a female rat at point F would show male sexual behavior. 
D)  The brain of a newborn female rat does not require exposure to estrogen for female sexual behavior to develop. 
E)  Estrogen in adulthood is needed to activate female sexual behavior.

Question 20

Which cue is not involved in the courtship behavior of fruit flies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Visual 
B)  Auditory 
C)  Tactile 
D)  Chemical 
E)  Electrical 
A)  Visual 
B)  Auditory 
C)  Tactile 
D)  Chemical 
E)  Electrical

Exam 52: Animal Behavior

Which statement about the singing behavior of white-crowned sparrows is false?

Which of the following does not characterize eusocial species?

Which female goat would recognize her offspring?

Which statement about scrub jays helping at the nest is false?

Which of the following does not characterize deprivation experiments?

A dung beetle engaged in mating behavior has thereby forfeited time it could have spent foraging.The lost food is an example of

Female zebra finches

A woodchuck in your yard has learned to associate the jingle of your dog's license and rabies tags with the appearance of your dog.Immediately before the dog races around the corner, upon hearing the jingle, the woodchuck disappears into its burrow.In this situation, the _______ is the _______.

Which mating system would a species likely display if offspring survival is low when only the mother is present at the nest and fathers have almost no chance of finding another mate?

Which statement about mating systems is false?

Which statement about the per gene is false?

Which rat will display lordosis (a component of female sexual behavior) in adulthood?

Karl von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz, and Niko Tinbergen were instrumental in starting a new field of study called _______ in which scientists studied a range of species, typically in the field, and focused on instinctive behaviors.

In mammals, the energetic and opportunity costs of reproduction are _______ in females than males, so females maximize their fitness by investing in _______.

Chemical communication between members of the same species can be performed by means of molecules called _______.

Refer to the figure showing the honey bee waggle dance. The bee performing the waggle dance in part B of the figure is communicating what to her hivemates?

Two mice, Alison and Benny, were placed in a lab with continuous light.The graph describes their activity patterns. To remain in phase with a 24-hour cycle, would Benny's cycle need to be phase-advanced or phase-delayed?

Refer to the figure showing a series of experiments carried out on female rats. Based on the figure, which statement about sex steroids and rat sexual behavior is false?

Which cue is not involved in the courtship behavior of fruit flies?

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A woodchuck in your yard has learned to associate the jingle of your dog's license and rabies tags with the appearance of your dog.Immediately before the dog races around the corner, upon hearing the jingle, the woodchuck disappears into its burrow.In this situation, the _ is the _.

In mammals, the energetic and opportunity costs of reproduction are _ in females than males, so females maximize their fitness by investing in _.