Ecology (Animal Behaivor)

Question 0

Trait or action Develop over time and is taught

Answer 0

Learned behavior

Question 1

Inherited trait or action

Answer 1

Innate behavior

Question 2

Is a sequence of behaviors essentially unchangeable and usually conducted to completion once started?

Answer 2

Fixed action pattern

Question 3

Is a change in direction, automatic movement towards or away from a stimulus.

Answer 3

Taxis

Question 4

A change in rate of movement in response to a stimulus

Answer 4

Kinesis

Question 5

A sensitive phase for optimal imprinting. (Birds learning their song)

Answer 5

Critical period

Question 6

Learning to associate one feature of the environment (stimulus) with another

Answer 6

Associative learning

Question 7

Trial and error learning and associate behavior with reward or punishment.

Answer 7

Operant conditioning

Question 8

Pavlovian conditioning (dogs salivating at the sound of a bell) or associate a neutral stimulus with a significant stimulus

Answer 8

Classical conditioning

Question 9

This is a loss of response to a stimulus?

Answer 9

Habituation

Question 10

Threatening & submissive rituals, they are very symbolic usually no harm done

Answer 10

Agnostic behavior

Question 11

A social ranking within a group?

Answer 11

Dominance hierarchy

Question 12

Reduces individual fitness but increases fitness of recipients (ground squirrel yelling in tree warning others)

Answer 12

Altruistic behavior

Question 13

A chemical signal that stimulates a response from other individuals?

Answer 13

Pheromones