Behavior

Question 1

The study of behavior is called___________________.

Answer 1

Ethology

Question 2

Behavior is ___________ and ____________ an animal does things.
b) It is the actions carried out by muscles controlled by a________________.
c) Plants __ can /cannot have behaviors

Answer 2

What and How
Nervous System
Cannot

Question 3

The Ultimate causation of behavior is the ____________________________ reason.
a) How the behavior influences the species _______________

Answer 3

Evolutionary
Survival and reproduction

Question 4

The Proximate causation of behavior is the _____________________________________.
a) What __________________________that causes the animal to actually respond.

Answer 4

Mechanism
Internal/External stimuli

Question 5

Innate behaviors are not ________________. They are performed in the _________________
manner by _________ individuals each time

Answer 5

Learned, Same, All

Question 6

Learned behaviors are not _________________fixed and are ______________ with experience

Answer 6

rigidly, modified

Question 7

A ____________ is a stimulus generated by one animal that guides/elicits behavior in another

Answer 7

Cue

Question 8

Communication is the ________________________ of signals among animals. The four common
modes of communication are: (list and provide an example of each)

Answer 8

Transmission
A) Visual: The courtship displays birds
B) Auditory: Calles of Frogs
C) Tactile: Grooming behavior in primates
D) Chemical: Pheromanes in insects

Question 9

Fighting or contest behavior is called ______________ behavior

Answer 9

Agnostic

Question 10

____________ are “symbolic” activities with any harm or contest

Answer 10

Rituals

Question 11

A Fixed Action Pattern is a ____ (simple/complex) behavior pattern. It has a defined ___________
of movements, always in the same __________. Once started the FAP continues until ________

Answer 11

Complex, Sequence, Order, completed

Question 12

A learned behavior is a behavior that is changed or altered in response to a prior ___________

Answer 12

Experience

Question 13

The bee wolves finding their nest in the sand is an example of ______________ learning

Answer 13

Spatial

Question 14

Conditioning is a type of ________________ learning
a) In Classical conditioning a ___________ stimulus is associated with reward or harm.
b) In Operant condition a reward or harm is associated with something the animal ______

Answer 14

Associative
Neutral
Does

Question 15

Ducklings followed Conrad Lorenz to the lake because ___________________

Answer 15

They imprinted on him

Question 16

Deer appearing “tame” around cars, people is _______________ and can quickly change if you
approach too close

Answer 16

Habituation

Question 17

_________ activity takes place at morning and dusk

Answer 17

Crepuscullar

Question 18

Mating system. Which system often results in the described appearance of the animals:
a) In species with external fertilization parental care is often _______________________________.

Answer 18

Absent

Question 19

b) __________ females and males are similar in appearance.

Answer 19

Monomorphic

Question 20

c) When you can distinguish the females from the males, it is called sexual _____________. This
often the result of _________ selection.

Answer 20

Dimorphism, Sexual

Question 21

d) __________ females are showier than males.

Answer 21

Epicene

Question 22

e) __________ males are showier and larger than females.

Answer 22

Epicene

Question 23

f) Larger Alpha Male Elephant seals is the result of ________________ selection.

Answer 23

Intersexual