Chapter 26 Animal Behaviour

Question 1

Aggression

Answer 1

antagonistic behavior

Question 2

Altruism

Answer 2

behavior that decreases the reproductive success of one individual to benefit another

Question 3

Innate

Answer 3

behaviors that are performed by new born animals and therefore appear to be inherited

Question 4

Classical Conditioning

Answer 4

an animal learns a new association between a stimulus and an innate response, ex: pavlov’s dog

Question 5

Communication

Answer 5

the production of a signal by one organism that causes another organism to change it’s behavior

Question 6

Dominance Hierarchy

Answer 6

each animal establishes a rank that determines it’s access to resources

Question 7

Habituation

Answer 7

a decline in response to a repeated stimulus

Question 8

Imprinting

Answer 8

a form of learning in which an animal’s nervous system is rigidly programmed to learn a certain thing only during a certain period of development

Question 9

Operant Conditioning

Answer 9

Trial and error learning when observed in a controlled scenario, like laboratory testing

Question 10

Insight Learning

Answer 10

in certain situations, animals seem to be able to solve problems suddenly without the benefit of prior experience

Question 11

Kin Selection

Answer 11

Altruistic individuals may promote the survival of of it’s own alleles through behavior that maximize the survival of its close relatives

Question 12

Pheromone

Answer 12

chemical substances that are produced by animals and that influence the behavior of other members of the species

Question 13

Territoriality

Answer 13

the defense of an area where important resources are located

Question 14

Social Learning

Answer 14

animals learn behaviors by watching or listening to others of their species