Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  sign stimulus. 
B)  innate releasing mechanism. 
C)  fixed action pattern. 
D)  ethnological causation.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of The study of the genetic basis of...

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of The field of _____ focuses on the...

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  odor 
B)  energy content 
C)  color 
D)  distance

Question 5

This behavioral ecologist pioneered study of seagull nesting behavior.

Accepted Answer

A)  Lorenz 
B)  Timbergen 
C)  Wilson 
D)  Von Frisch

Question 6

The simplest type of learning is called _____ learning.

Accepted Answer

A)  associated 
B)  classical 
C)  nonassociative 
D)  operant

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)  operant conditioning. 
B)  classical conditioning. 
C)  nonassociative learning. 
D)  habituation.

Question 8

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.

Accepted Answer

A)  cognitive;conditioning 
B)  conditioned;cognitive 
C)  genetic;learning 
D)  learned;genetics

Exam 21: Behavior and the Environment