Exam 21: Behavior and the Environment

If a scientist is conducting an observation on animal behavior,for example,how an animal's nervous system coordinates a behavior,she would be asking about the

The study of the genetic basis of human social behaviors and the evolution of these social behaviors is called ____________.

The field of _____ focuses on the study of animal behavior in natural conditions.

Using their dance language,honeybees can indicate both the direction and ___________ of a food source.

This behavioral ecologist pioneered study of seagull nesting behavior.

The simplest type of learning is called _____ learning.

When Pavlov's dog salivated after hearing a bell,this is called

A ____________ template allows male white-crowned sparrows that heard no song during development to sing a poorly developed song as adults,but _____________ allows male white-crowned sparrows that heard the song of their species plus that of other species to produce a normal song as adults.