Biology 2-Animal behavior-study guide

If a dog that barks when indoors is always let outside immediately, it will learn to bark whenever it wants to go outside. This change in the dog's behavior is an example of ______________________.

Operant Conditioning

What would be the best way for an animal to communicate its ownership of an areas' resources to other individuals that visit the area when the owner is not around?

to mark its' territory with urine.

Aquarium fish often swim to the water's surface when a person approaches. Their behavior has probably formed through what is called_______________________.

Classical conditioning

People who move into an apartment near railroad tracks are awakened at night each time they hear a train go by. After about a week, they can sleep through the night, even though the trains continue to run on the same schedule. The change in their sleeping behavior is an example of____________________.

Habituation

The process in which an animal stops responding to a repeated stimulus is called______________________.

Habituation

An example of associative learning is___________________________.

Ivan Pavlov's use of dogs to demonstrate that a stimulus, such as the ringing of a bell, leads to a reward, or food.

Any change in which a behavior is altered as a result of experience is called_____________________.

Learning

After a young duck imprints on a nonliving model of an adult duck, the young duck will_______________________.

The duckling will only follow and imprint on the model

Geese that are exposed to a moving box during the first two days after hatching will imprint on the box. Geese that are totally isolated from any moving objects during the same period will never imprint on anything. These results show that____________________.

The first two days after hatching is a critical period for geese to imprint.

Which of the following is not a type of operant conditioning?

a baby duckling imprinting on a human

Some male birds that did not find a mate will help raise the offspring of a relative. This self-sacrifice is best known as__________________________.

altruistic behavior

A rabbit is running away from a fox. What is the stimulus for this behavior?

avoid a predator

Generally, you eat lunch at noon. Now, every day around noon, you become hungry. Regardless of what you eat before this point in time, as soon as you see that it is noon, you immediately feel that it is time for lunch. This behavior is best known as_____________________________.

classical conditioning

In some species of balloon flies, males spin balloons of silk and carry them while flying. If a female fly approaches one of the males and accepts his balloon, the two will fly off to mate. This type of behavior is an example of___________________________.

courtship

A cat is stalking a mouse. What is the stimulus for this behavior?

food/prey

A sensitive phase and critical period are associated with what type of behavior?

imprinting

The Fisher's lovebird builds its nest with thin strips of vegetation that it cuts with its beak. A closely related species, the peach-faced lovebird, cuts shorter strips for its nests. When these two species are interbred, the hybrid offspring cut strips of intermediate length for their nests. These observations suggest that this aspect of nest building is an _________________________.

inherited behavior

Young sea turtles head for the ocean immediately after they hatch. This behavior is most likely_____________________.

innate

Why is a spider spinning a web an innate behavior?

its born knowing how to do it

1. Which type of behavior is most likely to occur due to a seasonal change stimulus?

migration

Which term means, "a behavioral adaptation of traveling long distances to avoid a season that the animal cannot survive in".

migration

Which of the following best describes a social behavior?

one monkey grooms another monkey

A Skinner Box is used for experiments in______________________.

operant conditioning

A way of learning that involves a reward or punishment is called?

operant conditioning

1. Chemical messengers that are used for communication within an animal species are called______________________.

pheromones