Quiz 1
........may be thought of as evolved modifiability.
Learning
The rooting of pigs (for worms, larvae, and truffles) is an example of......
MAPS
Instincts are now often called......
Modal action patterns
Learning is a ........in.......due to.....
Response, behavior, experience
The gollypod, a fictitious aquatic animal, breaks out in a cold sweat whenever exposed to the sun. This reaction is most likely....
a reflex
A reflex is.....
a relationship between an event and a simple response
Most mutations........
are not helpful to survival
A stimulus is an environmental event that is capable of affecting......
behavior
Experience refers to........
changes in the enviornment
The author of your text believes that learning is an evolved mechanism for coping with.......
changes in the enviornment
Repeated exposure to a stimulus that evokes a reflex response results in
habituation
The figure below most likely illistrates... (It is a graph with the line reducing)
habituation
The chief advantage of learning over natural selection as a means of adapting to change is that learning........
is faster
The chief limitation of natural selection as a means of adapting to change is that......
it is slow
Teenagerus Americanus, a two-legged ape indigenous to North America, breaks out in a cold swear whenever exposed to elevator music. This reaction is most likely.....
learned behavior
Behavior is anything an animal or person does that can be...
measured
The cowbird deposits its eggs in the nests of other birds. This is likely a.....
modal action pattern
Modal action patterns are elicited or induced by events called....
releasers
The evidence from biology suggests that the firsts "eyes" were not eyes at all but
sensitive cells
A thumbtack stuck in a bulletin board several feet away is less likely to affect your behavior than a thumbtack placed on the chair on which you are sitting. Even though both exampled involved thumbtack, the second is more likely to qualify as a
stimulus