Question 1

Neurons in the higher vocal centre of a male finch's brain are stimulated to proliferate by testosterone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Match each description of a mating system with the most appropriate term.
-Female chimpanzees will mate with more than one male, eliciting protective behaviour for her offspring from them all.

Accepted Answer

A) promiscuity 
B) monogamy 
C) polygyny 
D) polyandry 
A) promiscuity 
B) monogamy 
C) polygyny 
D) polyandry

Question 3

Categorize the following learning examples as either classical or operant conditioning.
-A truck has a loud alarm that goes off if the key is in the ignition when the door is opened. Its owner avoids the alarm by removing the key.

Accepted Answer

A) classical conditioning 
B) operant conditioning 
A) classical conditioning 
B) operant conditioning

Question 4

Classify each example as one of the three behaviours. The behaviours may be used more than once.
-During a blood drive, people wear stickers announcing, "I donated!"

Accepted Answer

A) kin selection 
B) reciprocal altruism 
C) altruism 
A) kin selection 
B) reciprocal altruism 
C) altruism

Question 5

Use the illustration below to answer the following questions.  
-Which label on the graph represents the dermis on the Eimer's organ of the star-nosed mole?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Use the illustration below to answer the...

Question 6

Categorize the following learning examples as either classical or operant conditioning.
-A man becomes hungry when he hears the beep of the microwave oven.

Accepted Answer

A) classical conditioning 
B) operant conditioning 
A) classical conditioning 
B) operant conditioning

Question 7

Match each physiological response to the hormone that causes the response. A hormone may be selected more than once.
-stimulates the production of additional neurons in the higher vocal centre

Accepted Answer

A) GnRH 
B) estrogen 
C) juvenile hormone 
A) GnRH 
B) estrogen 
C) juvenile hormone

Question 8

Match each term with its definition.
-classical conditioning

Accepted Answer

A) association between two phenomena that are usually unrelated 
B) association between a voluntary activity and a favourable consequence 
C) stereotyped behaviours triggered by a specific cue 
D) behaviour dependent on having a particular kind of experience 
E) process in which experiences change behavioural responses
F)simple cues that trigger specific behaviours
G)genetically programmed response
H)learned loss of responsiveness 
A) association between two phenomena that are usually unrelated 
B) association between a voluntary activity and a favourable consequence 
C) stereotyped behaviours triggered by a specific cue 
D) behaviour dependent on having a particular kind of experience 
E) process in which experiences change behavioural responses
F)simple cues that trigger specific behaviours
G)genetically programmed response
H)learned loss of responsiveness

Question 9

What is the ultimate cause of the ability of male zebra finches to discriminate between the songs of established neighbours and those of strangers?

Accepted Answer

A) Neurons cease to respond to the sound of an established neighbour. 
B) Zebra finches are capable of selective learning. 
C) Zebra finches are genetically programmed to tolerate territory-holding neighbours but to repel invaders. 
D) Male zebra finches produce more offspring by saving their energy for real battles. 
A) Neurons cease to respond to the sound of an established neighbour. 
B) Zebra finches are capable of selective learning. 
C) Zebra finches are genetically programmed to tolerate territory-holding neighbours but to repel invaders. 
D) Male zebra finches produce more offspring by saving their energy for real battles.

Question 10

The following passages contain novel information describing real animal and human behaviours. Use the choices to classify the type of learning exemplified by each passage. A learning type may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
-A group of ducklings were experimentally isolated in a room containing only a large cardboard box that researchers rigged to be movable by remote control. The ducklings soon became attached to the box, following it around the enclosure.

Accepted Answer

A) imprinting 
B) classical conditioning 
C) operant conditioning 
D) insight learning 
E) habituation 
A) imprinting 
B) classical conditioning 
C) operant conditioning 
D) insight learning 
E) habituation

Question 11

Classify each example as one of the three behaviours. The behaviours may be used more than once.
-A young immigrant couple decides to limit their family size so they can send money to nieces and nephews in their native land.

Accepted Answer

A) kin selection 
B) reciprocal altruism 
C) altruism 
A) kin selection 
B) reciprocal altruism 
C) altruism

Question 12

What do young male White-crowned Sparrows match their vocal output to when they first begin to sing?

Accepted Answer

A) any birdsong they hear during their initial days of singing 
B) the memory of their species' song heard months earlier 
C) the memory of whatever song they heard during an early critical period 
D) an instinctive blueprint of their species' song 
A) any birdsong they hear during their initial days of singing 
B) the memory of their species' song heard months earlier 
C) the memory of whatever song they heard during an early critical period 
D) an instinctive blueprint of their species' song

Question 13

A change in the rate or frequency of movements in response to environmental stimuli is called taxis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Match each term with its definition.
-courtship displays

Accepted Answer

A) site that provides food, shelter, nesting materials, and interacting organisms 
B) unusual pattern of sex determination 
C) resource-rich site defended by its occupants 
D) natural selection for mating success 
E) use of familiar landmarks to guide a journey
F)travel from the birth site to another destination and back
G)grounds where males display for females
H)volatile chemicals that influence the behaviour of members of the same species
I)ordered movement
J)ritualized behaviours engaged in to attract the attention of the opposite sex
K)social systems in which individuals are ranked 
A) site that provides food, shelter, nesting materials, and interacting organisms 
B) unusual pattern of sex determination 
C) resource-rich site defended by its occupants 
D) natural selection for mating success 
E) use of familiar landmarks to guide a journey
F)travel from the birth site to another destination and back
G)grounds where males display for females
H)volatile chemicals that influence the behaviour of members of the same species
I)ordered movement
J)ritualized behaviours engaged in to attract the attention of the opposite sex
K)social systems in which individuals are ranked

Question 15

Bees surrounding a dancing bee produce a brief acoustical signal that stimulates the dancer to regurgitate a sample of the new food.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Match each term with its definition.
-migration

Accepted Answer

A) site that provides food, shelter, nesting materials, and interacting organisms 
B) unusual pattern of sex determination 
C) resource-rich site defended by its occupants 
D) natural selection for mating success 
E) use of familiar landmarks to guide a journey
F)travel from the birth site to another destination and back
G)grounds where males display for females
H)volatile chemicals that influence the behaviour of members of the same species
I)ordered movement
J)ritualized behaviours engaged in to attract the attention of the opposite sex
K)social systems in which individuals are ranked 
A) site that provides food, shelter, nesting materials, and interacting organisms 
B) unusual pattern of sex determination 
C) resource-rich site defended by its occupants 
D) natural selection for mating success 
E) use of familiar landmarks to guide a journey
F)travel from the birth site to another destination and back
G)grounds where males display for females
H)volatile chemicals that influence the behaviour of members of the same species
I)ordered movement
J)ritualized behaviours engaged in to attract the attention of the opposite sex
K)social systems in which individuals are ranked

Question 17

Under what circumstances does the gene called ZENK become active in zebra finches, and what is its effect?

Accepted Answer

Transcription of the ZENK gene is stimul

Question 18

Match each description of a mating system with the most appropriate term.
-Male northern fur seals aggressively guard harems of up to 40 females.

Accepted Answer

A) promiscuity 
B) monogamy 
C) polygyny 
D) polyandry 
A) promiscuity 
B) monogamy 
C) polygyny 
D) polyandry

Question 19

What is haplodiploidy, and how is it related to altruism in honeybees?

Accepted Answer

Drones (male bees) are haploid, while qu

Question 20

Match each term with its definition.
-learned behaviour

Accepted Answer

A) association between two phenomena that are usually unrelated 
B) association between a voluntary activity and a favourable consequence 
C) stereotyped behaviours triggered by a specific cue 
D) behaviour dependent on having a particular kind of experience 
E) process in which experiences change behavioural responses
F)simple cues that trigger specific behaviours
G)genetically programmed response
H)learned loss of responsiveness 
A) association between two phenomena that are usually unrelated 
B) association between a voluntary activity and a favourable consequence 
C) stereotyped behaviours triggered by a specific cue 
D) behaviour dependent on having a particular kind of experience 
E) process in which experiences change behavioural responses
F)simple cues that trigger specific behaviours
G)genetically programmed response
H)learned loss of responsiveness

Exam 47: Animal Behaviour

Neurons in the higher vocal centre of a male finch's brain are stimulated to proliferate by testosterone.

Match each description of a mating system with the most appropriate term. -Female chimpanzees will mate with more than one male, eliciting protective behaviour for her offspring from them all.

Categorize the following learning examples as either classical or operant conditioning. -A truck has a loud alarm that goes off if the key is in the ignition when the door is opened. Its owner avoids the alarm by removing the key.

Classify each example as one of the three behaviours. The behaviours may be used more than once. -During a blood drive, people wear stickers announcing, "I donated!"

Use the illustration below to answer the following questions. -Which label on the graph represents the dermis on the Eimer's organ of the star-nosed mole?

Categorize the following learning examples as either classical or operant conditioning. -A man becomes hungry when he hears the beep of the microwave oven.

Match each physiological response to the hormone that causes the response. A hormone may be selected more than once. -stimulates the production of additional neurons in the higher vocal centre

Match each term with its definition. -classical conditioning

What is the ultimate cause of the ability of male zebra finches to discriminate between the songs of established neighbours and those of strangers?

Classify each example as one of the three behaviours. The behaviours may be used more than once. -A young immigrant couple decides to limit their family size so they can send money to nieces and nephews in their native land.

What do young male White-crowned Sparrows match their vocal output to when they first begin to sing?

A change in the rate or frequency of movements in response to environmental stimuli is called taxis.

Match each term with its definition. -courtship displays

Bees surrounding a dancing bee produce a brief acoustical signal that stimulates the dancer to regurgitate a sample of the new food.

Match each term with its definition. -migration

Under what circumstances does the gene called ZENK become active in zebra finches, and what is its effect?

Match each description of a mating system with the most appropriate term. -Male northern fur seals aggressively guard harems of up to 40 females.

What is haplodiploidy, and how is it related to altruism in honeybees?

Match each term with its definition. -learned behaviour

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