Deck 44: Animal Behavior

Question 1

According to the above table, the foraging characteristic that would benefit an animal most in a stable ecology would be?

A)A baby garter snake captures and eats a slug.
B)A sitter because it would have more trouble adapting to a changing environment
C)A forager because it has the ability to adapt quickly.
D)Both the sitter and the forager are equally adept in a stable ecosystem.
E)All of these would benefit an animal the most.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Africanized bees __________ than European honeybees.

A)make less honey
B)respond more quickly to perceived threats
C)are more aggressive stingers
D)are more likely to abandon their colony after being disturbed
E)do all of these more

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The above figure demonstrates

A)imprinting behavior.
B)displaying instinctive behavior.
C)feeding a social parasite.
D)a learned behavior.
E)all of these.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following statements about birdsong is false?

A)It is an instinctive behavior.
B)The bird nervous system is prewired to recognize the species song.
C)Laboratory-raised, isolated white crown sparrows tend to learn their tutor's song.
D)Rendition of the species song is influenced by acoustic input during a sensitive period.
E)All of these are true.

Question 5

A foster parent feeding a European cuckoo nestling is

A)not a European cuckoo.
B)displaying instinctive behavior.
C)feeding a social parasite.
D)prewired to respond to the gaping-mouth sign stimulus.
E)doing all of these.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the reproductive behavior of voles?

A)Oxytocin induces monogamy in female prairie voles.
B)Monogamous species have fewer oxytocin receptors than promiscuous species.
C)ADH receptors in the brain play a role in monogamy.
D)Mountain voles are more promiscuous than prairie voles.
E)Male meadow voles are not monogamous.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is false?

A)Behavior is influenced by the environmental stimuli an organism receives.
B)Behavior is partially genetic so that it undergoes natural selection and evolution.
C)Behavior refers only to responses to external stimuli.
D)Behavior sometimes is nonadaptive.
E)Behavior patterns can be learned.

Question 8

Imprinting is a

A)response to a stimulus.
B)learned behavior that occurs during a critical time period.
C)fixed action pattern.
D)decline in the level of a response to a nonthreatening stimulus.
E)type of learning that involves solving novel problems.

Question 9

Which of the following statements is true about honeybees?

A)Each bee can sting multiple times.
B)Africanized bees respond to threats much faster than European bees
C)"Killer bees" often kill their target.
D)Africanized bees make more venom than European bees.
E)All of these are true.

Question 10

The hormone oxytocin affects __________ in many mammals.

A)labor and delivery
B)lactation
C)pair bonding
D)maternal behavior
E)all of these

Question 11

Many male birds learn the full species song

A)10 to 50 days after hatching.
B)by listening to other birds sing.
C)while in a flock of juveniles being tutored by older males.
D)within 50 days after hatching and by listening to other birds sing.
E)10 to 50 days after hatching and while in a flock of juveniles being tutored by older males.

Question 12

Bird song

A)has to be heard before a bird can sing it.
B)is learned during early life.
C)is specific for each bird species.
D)has a genetic component.
E)includes all of these.

Question 13

Pheromones

A)are signaling molecules.
B)are released by one individual and influence other individuals of the same species.
C)diffuse through the air
D)help to regulate honeybee behavior.
E)do all of these.

Question 14

Instinctive behavior is

A)an innate response
B)a fixed action pattern
C)not altered by experience
D)triggered by a specific stimulus
E)all of these.

Question 15

Learned behavior is recognizable by the __________ the animal makes in its responses.

A)fixed action patterns
B)modifications
C)stereotyping
D)repetitions
E)false starts

Question 16

The cells surrounding milk-producing cells in the female mammary gland contract shortly after the female hears the cry of an infant.This is an example of

A)a response that is not a behavior.
B)instinctive behavior.
C)imprinting behavior.
D)learned behavior.
E)a time-dependent form of learning.

Question 17

Konrad Lorenz is noted for his studies on

A)prenatal marking.
B)mating behavior.
C)imprinting.
D)the genetic basis of behavior.
E)insight learning.

Question 18

Which of the following is (are) fixed action pattern(s)?

A)A baby garter snake captures and eats a slug.
B)A chick's gaping mouth induces a feeding response in a parent bird
C)A European cuckoo hatchling pushes the host bird's egg out of the nest.
D)A male fruit fly waves his wings at a female fruit fly during courtship.
E)All of these are fixed action patterns.

Question 19

The above figure demonstrates

A)imprinting behavior.
B)displaying instinctive behavior.
C)feeding a social parasite.
D)a learned behavior.
E)all of these.

Question 20

African bees were imported to __________ in the __________ for pollination purposes.

A)America; 1920s
B)Argentina; 1930s
C)Mexico; 1940s
D)Brazil; 1950s
E)Honduras; 1970s

Question 21

The wild carrot sprigs that starlings add to their nests function

A)as a form of camouflage against predators.
B)as a form of insulation.
C)to repel parasites.
D)to prevent other birds from using the nest.
E)in ways that are currently unknown.

Question 22

Bees learn the direction to a distant source of food by

A)following the foraging scout.
B)following a trail pheromone.
C)noting the scout's waggle dance.
D)noting the scout's round dance.
E)noting the scout's waggle dance and its round dance.

Question 23

Pavlov's dogs were an example of

A)homing.
B)imprinting.
C)piloting.
D)migration.
E)classical conditioning.

Question 24

Pheromones are

A)used in nonvocal communication.
B)found only in the invertebrates.
C)signals to members of other species.
D)types of internal hormones that control maturation.
E)involved only in learned behaviors.

Question 25

An example(s) that illustrate(s) natural selection acting on behavioral traits that benefit individuals include(s)

A)the effect of oxytocin on vole reproductive behavior.
B)the different responses of young coastal and inland garter snakes to banana slugs.
C)courtship behavior in sage grouses.
D)the nest-decorating behavior of starlings.
E)all of these.

Question 26

The above figure is of a wolf behavior which tells others

A)to prepare for a fight.
B)that the wolf is subordinate and won't be a threat.
C)that it wants to mate.
D)that it wants to play.
E)none of these.

Question 27

Which of the following communication signals is mismatched?

A)tactile; honeybees
B)acoustical; frogs
C)visual; baboons
D)chemical; honeybees
E)chemical; fireflies

Question 28

Which of the following statements is false about the nest-decorating behavior of starlings?

A)It deters bloodsucking mites.
B)It increases the survival of nestlings.
C)It promotes reproductive success of the parent birds.
D)It is a learned behavior.
E)None of these..

Question 29

Which of the following behavior patterns is limited to the most highly evolved animals?

A)imprinting
B)insight learning
C)fixed action patterns
D)instinctive behavior
E)classical conditioning

Question 30

Long term responses rather than immediate behavioral responses are induced by

A)alarm signals.
B)signaling pheromones.
C)sex attractants.
D)priming pheromones.
E)all of these.

Question 31

Which of the following statements is false?

A)Behavior patterns are inherited.
B)Instinctive behavior involves a complete response to a sign stimulus the first time it is encountered.
C)Behavior evolves as a result of natural selection.
D)Reproductive success is responsible for perpetuating behavior patterns.
E)The mechanisms underlying instinctive and learned behavior are the same.

Question 32

Newly hatched goslings follow any large moving objects to which they are exposed shortly after hatching.This behavior is an example of

A)homing.
B)imprinting.
C)piloting.
D)migration.
E)classical conditioning.

Question 33

Bees use which information for locating food and the hive?

A)local topographic features
B)odors
C)magnetism
D)the angle of the sun
E)distance between plants

Question 34

Honeybees convey information to other worker bees in the hive about all EXCEPT the __________ of a food source.

A)direction
B)general location
C)distance
D)abundance
E)angle relative to the sun

Question 35

The data

A)supports the hypothesis that aromatic compounds suppress mite development.
B)could be the basis for other experiments that determine the percent of hatchlings that survive in sprig-free and decorated nests.
C)supports both of these.
D)supports neither of these.
E)provided is not enough to answer the question.