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Chapter 35
A. multiple Choices
_____ 1. Learning to ignore unimportant stimuli is called:
a.
adapting
b.
spacing
c.
conditioning
d.
imprinting
e.
habituation
_____2. In the territorial behavior of the stickleback fish, the red belly of one male elicits the aggressive
behavior of another male. This aggressive behavior is an example of
a.
pheromones in action
b.
sign stimulus
c.
fixed action pattern
d.
search image
e.
imprint stimulus
_____3. The type of learning that causes specially trained dogs to salivate when they hear bell is called
a.
insight
b.
imprinting
c.
habituation
d.
classical conditioning
e.
trial-and-error learning
_____4. The orb spider builds her web in exactly the same way every time.
This is an example of
a.
abnormal behavior
b.
learned behavior
c.
fixed action pattern
d.
random behavior
e.
classical conditioning
Use the following terms to answer questions 5-9. Match the term that best fits each of the following descriptions
of behavior.
a.
habituation
b.
imprinting
c.
classical conditioning
d.
operant conditioning
_____5. A dog learns that it will get a treat when it barks.
_____6. Tits (birds) learned to peck through the paper tops of milk bottles left on doorsteps and drink the
cream from the top
_____7. Male insects attempt to mate with orchids but eventually stop responding to them.
_____8. A returning salmon goes back to its own home stream to spawn.
_____9. Sparrows are receptive to learning songs only during a sensitive period.
_____10.When a female hanging fly follows her instinct to mate with a male hanging fly that provides the largest
object, the two animals exhibit __________.
a. Migration
b. fight-or-flight response
c. courtship behavior
d. aggressive behavior
____11. A
person is watching a baseball game while sitting behind a fence near home plate. A ball flies off the bat toward the person,
who reacts by quickly ducking. The person's behavior is an example of __________.
a.
Migration
b.
Hibernation
c.
A Territory
d.
A reflex
____12. A
dog initially refuses to walk across a wooden bridge. The dog's owner teaches the dog to walk across the bridge after practicing
this behavior multiple times without giving the dog a treat or a punishment. What type of learning is this an example of?
a.
imprinting
b.
classical conditioning
c.
habituation
d.
trial-and-error
_____13 When a nipple is placed in a newborn baby’s mouth, the infant will immediately begin to suckle.
This is an example of
a.
habituation
b.
imprinted behavior
c.
classical conditioning
d.
innate behavior
e.
imitation
_____14. When you study with the stereo on in the background, you are demonstrating
a.
habituation
b.
imprinting
c.
association
d.
conditioning
e.
imitation
_____ 15. A male turkey that imprinted onto a human at hatching
is transferred as a subadult to a flock of “normal” turkeys. When this turkey reaches sexual maturity, he will
probably try to court
a.
Male, female, or immature
turkeys indiscriminately.
b.
Immature male turkeys
c.
Mature female turkeys
d.
Humans
e.
Nothing.
______16. A big difference between imitation and imprinting is
that
a.
Imprinting does not involve
a reward.
b.
Imprinting does not involve
learning.
c.
Imitation does not involve
learning
d.
Imitation does not involve
a reward.
e.
Imitation is not limited
to a sensitive period.
______17. Which of the following terms broadly describes any kind of interaction between two or more animals?
a.
competition
b.
dominance hierarchy
c.
foraging behavior
d.
genetic programming
e.
social behavior
______18. Agonistic behavior
a.
usually causes serious injury
to one or both of the combatants
b.
increases the number of
individuals who mate
c.
is used to establish dominance
hierarchies
d.
is the result of habituation
e.
is rare among vertebrates
______19. Territories are typically used for
a.
feeding
b.
mating
c.
rearing young
d.
all of the choices are correct
e.
none of the choices are
correct
______20. During the spring, male prairie chickens gather in open grassy areas and shuffle in a dance with their
wings drooped, head erect and tail feathers spread. The function of this dance is to
a.
Frighten off smaller birds
from the territory.
b.
Select the showiest females
to mate with.
c.
Attract the attention of
females.
d.
Imprint the younger male
birds.
e.
Teach courting behavior
to younger male birds.
_____ 21. An adult human jumps into a raging river to try to save a child who is drowning. This is an example
of
a.
ingrained behavior
b.
altruistic behavior
c.
imprinted behavior
d.
survival of the fittest
e.
dominant behavior
_____ 22. The function of the waggle dance in bees is to
a.
indicate only the distance
to food
b.
indicate only the direction
to food
c.
indicate both the direction
and the distance to a food source
d.
attract mates
e.
attract mates and indicate
the direction and distance to food
B. Discussion Questions. Briefly Answer the following questions:
1. Compare and
contrast proximate and ultimate causes of behavior. Give an example of each
2. Describe examples of types of communication between organisms
3. Describe one
hypothesis that explains how habituation benefits animals.
4. What are courtship
rituals? Discuss how these rituals benefit animals.