Question 1

Which of the following situations could represent kin selection in action?

Accepted Answer

A) You help your friend with linguistics,and your friend helps you with biology. 
B) When your mother gets old,you help her pay her property taxes. 
C) You inexplicably forget to use birth control,and a child results. 
D) You help your brother pay for his children's college tuition,even though he may not be able to pay you back. 
A) You help your friend with linguistics,and your friend helps you with biology. 
B) When your mother gets old,you help her pay her property taxes. 
C) You inexplicably forget to use birth control,and a child results. 
D) You help your brother pay for his children's college tuition,even though he may not be able to pay you back.

Question 2

When building a nest,a female Fisher's lovebird cuts long strips of vegetation and carries them to the nest site one at a time in her beak.The female peach- faced lovebird cuts short strips and carries them to the nest tucked under back feathers.Hybrid female offspring cut intermediate- sized strips and attempt to tuck them under back feathers before carrying them in their beak.What does this demonstrate about behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) There is a genetic basis to behavior. 
B) Environment is important in forming behaviors. 
C) Lovebirds can be trained easily. 
D) Behavior can be learned from parents. 
A) There is a genetic basis to behavior. 
B) Environment is important in forming behaviors. 
C) Lovebirds can be trained easily. 
D) Behavior can be learned from parents.

Question 3

Which of the following statements regarding behavior is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Fixed action patterns are learned behavior sequences. 
B) Innate behaviors are performed the same way in all members of a genus. 
C) A fixed action pattern is under strong genetic control. 
D) A learned behavior triggers a fixed action pattern. 
A) Fixed action patterns are learned behavior sequences. 
B) Innate behaviors are performed the same way in all members of a genus. 
C) A fixed action pattern is under strong genetic control. 
D) A learned behavior triggers a fixed action pattern.

Question 4

Answers to questions about the immediate mechanisms for a behavior are called

Accepted Answer

A) proximate causes. 
B) conclusions. 
C) cognitive mapping. 
D) ultimate causes. 
A) proximate causes. 
B) conclusions. 
C) cognitive mapping. 
D) ultimate causes.

Exam 35: Behavioral Adaptations to the Environment

Which of the following situations could represent kin selection in action?

Which of the following statements regarding behavior is true?

Answers to questions about the immediate mechanisms for a behavior are called

Biology: Exploring Life

The Chemical Basis of Life

The Molecules of Cells

A Tour of the Cell

The Working Cell

How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy

Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food

The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance

Patterns of Inheritance

Molecular Biology of the Gene

How Genes Are Controlled

Dna Technology and Genomics

How Populations Evolve

The Origin of Species

Tracing Evolutionary History

Microbial Life: Prokaryotes and Protists

The Evolution of Plant and Fungal Diversity

The Evolution of Invertebrate Diversity

The Evolution of Vertebrate Diversity

Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function

Nutrition and Digestion

Gas Exchange

Circulation

The Immune System

Control of Body Temperature and Water Balance

Hormones and the Endocrine System

Reproduction and Embryonic Development

Nervous Systems

The Senses

How Animals Move

Plant Structure,growth,and Reproduction

Plant Nutrition and Transport

Control Systems in Plants

The Biosphere: an Introduction to Earths Diverse Environments

Population Ecology

Communities and Ecosystems

Conservation Biology

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