Quizzes 3 and 4

Question 1

which of the following is NOT a characteristic of eusociality?

A) reproductive division of labor
B) non-singing sneaker males
C) communal care of young
D) overlapping generations

Answer 1

B) non-singing sneaker males

Question 2

Vasopressin is the key hormone involved in which of the following case studies?

A) ecotourism stress in magellanic penguins
B) In utero position and parental care in male Mongolian gerbils
C) Parental care and mate guarding in prairie voles
D) Xenophobia in common mole rats

Answer 2

C) Parental care and mate guarding in prairie voles

Question 3

Who outlined the four distinct types of questions ethologists ask?

A) Karl von Frisch
B) Ivan Pavlov
C) Nikolaas Tinbergen
D) Konrad Lorenz

Answer 3

C) Nikolaas Tinbergen

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true or prairie voles?

A) males have larger home ranges than females
B) males have more dendritic spines than females in certain brain areas
C) spatial learning does not differ between males and females
D) the hippocampus is smaller in females than in males

Answer 4

C) spatial learning does not differ between males and females

Question 5

Prediction #2 of the evolutionary theory of family states that “families that control high-quality resources will be more stable than those with lower-quality resources.” Which of the following case studies supports this prediction?

A) Dynasty building in acorn woodpeckers
B) ‘All-or-nothing’ help in white-fronted bee-eaters
C) Family break-ups due to vacancies in superb fairy wrens
D) Birth order differences in food intake in egrets

Answer 5

A) Dynasty building in acorn woodpeckers

Question 6

cultural transmission does NOT apply to which of the following?

A) teaching
B) information spread between individuals
C) information spread between generations
D) social facilitation

Answer 6

D) social facilitation

Question 7

which of the following behaviors does NOT involve learning?

A) kin recognition in long-tailed tits
B) winner/loser effects in aggressive conflicts due to blue gourami
C) predator avoidance in lab-reared hellbender salamanders
D) decreased foraging behavior in damselfly larvae caused by predator water

Answer 7

D) decreased foraging behavior in damselfly larvae caused by predator water

Question 8

The social paper wasp, P. fuscatus, can learn to avoid a shock paired with a picture of

A) a caterpillar
B) a normal wasp face
C) an antenna-less wasp face
D) a geometric pattern

Answer 8

B) a normal wasp face