Animal Behavior

Question 1

process in which the responses of the organism are modified as a result of experience

Answer 1

learning

Question 2

a form of learning in which an animal comes to ignore a persistent stimulus so it can go about its business

Answer 2

habituation

Question 3

type of learning in which one stimulus becomes linked to another through experience

Answer 3

associative learning

Question 4

type of associative learning; Ivan Pavlov trained dogs to associate the sound of a bell with food

Answer 4

classical conditioning

Question 5

trial and error learning; an animal learns to associate one of its own behaviors with a reward or punishment and then repeats or avoids that behavior

Answer 5

operant conditioning

Question 6

learning that occurs during a sensitive or critical period in the early life of an individual and is irreversible for the length of that period

Answer 6

imprinting

Question 7

any kind of interaction between two or more animals of the same species

Answer 7

social behavior

Question 8

enables the individuals to carry out a behavior in a group

Answer 8

cooperation

Question 9

aggressive behavior; threats or combat to settle disputes between individuals

Answer 9

agonistic behavior

Question 10

pecking order behaviors that dictate the social position of an animal in a culture (commonly seen in hens)

Answer 10

dominance hierarchies

Question 11

defending an area from which the other members of the community are excluded

Answer 11

territoriality

Question 12

reduces an individual’s reproductive fitness while increasing the fitness of the group or family (kin selection)

Answer 12

altruism

Question 13

innate, stereotypical behavior that once begun is continued to completion no matter how useless or silly looking; initiated by sign stimuli

Answer 13

fixed action pattern