NP 235 QUIZ 6 EXAMINATION TEST 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
⫸ sign stimulus Answer: trigger
⫸ fixed action pattern Answer: preprogramed response that runs to
completion
⫸ behavior genetics Answer: genes affect behavior
⫸ nonassociative learning Answer: single repeated exposure leads to no
response (habituation)
⫸ associative learning Answer: behavior modified because of
association between stimulus
⫸ classical conditioning Answer: type of associative learning when
PAIRED STIMULUS causes association to form (cookie/sitting dog)
⫸ operant conditioning Answer: associative learning with reward and
punishment
⫸ what makes up cognitive behavior Answer: conscious planning
problem solving
, ⫸ foraging behavior Answer: finding & eating food
⫸ territoriality Answer: defending home range
⫸ compass sense Answer: innate sense of the magnetic field in
migration (young birds)
⫸ map sense Answer: learned sense of visual cues in migration
(experienced birds)
⫸ society Answer: social classes within insects where everyone has a
role/job (ants/bees/wasps/termites)
⫸ sociobiology Answer: controversial idea that social behaviors are
shaped by evolution/natural selection
⫸ ecology Answer: The study of how living things interact with each
other and their environment
⫸ populations Answer: individuals of the same species live together
⫸ communities Answer: populations of different species that live
together in same place
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
⫸ sign stimulus Answer: trigger
⫸ fixed action pattern Answer: preprogramed response that runs to
completion
⫸ behavior genetics Answer: genes affect behavior
⫸ nonassociative learning Answer: single repeated exposure leads to no
response (habituation)
⫸ associative learning Answer: behavior modified because of
association between stimulus
⫸ classical conditioning Answer: type of associative learning when
PAIRED STIMULUS causes association to form (cookie/sitting dog)
⫸ operant conditioning Answer: associative learning with reward and
punishment
⫸ what makes up cognitive behavior Answer: conscious planning
problem solving
, ⫸ foraging behavior Answer: finding & eating food
⫸ territoriality Answer: defending home range
⫸ compass sense Answer: innate sense of the magnetic field in
migration (young birds)
⫸ map sense Answer: learned sense of visual cues in migration
(experienced birds)
⫸ society Answer: social classes within insects where everyone has a
role/job (ants/bees/wasps/termites)
⫸ sociobiology Answer: controversial idea that social behaviors are
shaped by evolution/natural selection
⫸ ecology Answer: The study of how living things interact with each
other and their environment
⫸ populations Answer: individuals of the same species live together
⫸ communities Answer: populations of different species that live
together in same place
