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BIO 1442 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS
A stickleback fish will attack a fish model as long as the model has red coloring.
This is best
described as
a. Sign stimulus
b. Cognition
c. Imprinting
d. Classical conditioning - correct-answer - Sign stimulus
Greylag geese learned very young to follow the pioneering ethologist Konrad
Lorenz everywhere
he went.
a. Sign stimulus
b. Habituation
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c. Imprinting
d. Classical conditioning - correct-answer - Imprinting
When it comes to mate preference, female guppies learn through observing the
behavior of
other females.
a. Habituation
b. Operant conditioning
c. Social learning
d. Imprinting - correct-answer - Social learning
Through trial and error, a rat learns to run a maze without mistakes to receive a
food reward.
a. Habituation
b. Operant conditioning
c. Insight
d. Innate behavior - correct-answer - Operant conditioning
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Upon observing a golden eagle flying overhead, a sentry prairie dog puts its own
safety at risk
with a warning call to other members of the prairie dog community
a. Agonistic behavior
b. Dominance hierarchy
c. Altruistic behavior
d. Innate behavior - correct-answer - Altruistic behavior
Which of the following is required for a behavioral trait to evolve by natural
selection?
a. The behavior is not genetically inherited
b. The behavior is the same in all individuals in the population
c. The behavior is determined entirely by genes
d. An individual's reproductive success depends in part on how the behavior is
performed - correct-answer - An individual's reproductive success depends in part
on how the behavior is performed
BIO 1442 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS
A stickleback fish will attack a fish model as long as the model has red coloring.
This is best
described as
a. Sign stimulus
b. Cognition
c. Imprinting
d. Classical conditioning - correct-answer - Sign stimulus
Greylag geese learned very young to follow the pioneering ethologist Konrad
Lorenz everywhere
he went.
a. Sign stimulus
b. Habituation
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c. Imprinting
d. Classical conditioning - correct-answer - Imprinting
When it comes to mate preference, female guppies learn through observing the
behavior of
other females.
a. Habituation
b. Operant conditioning
c. Social learning
d. Imprinting - correct-answer - Social learning
Through trial and error, a rat learns to run a maze without mistakes to receive a
food reward.
a. Habituation
b. Operant conditioning
c. Insight
d. Innate behavior - correct-answer - Operant conditioning
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Upon observing a golden eagle flying overhead, a sentry prairie dog puts its own
safety at risk
with a warning call to other members of the prairie dog community
a. Agonistic behavior
b. Dominance hierarchy
c. Altruistic behavior
d. Innate behavior - correct-answer - Altruistic behavior
Which of the following is required for a behavioral trait to evolve by natural
selection?
a. The behavior is not genetically inherited
b. The behavior is the same in all individuals in the population
c. The behavior is determined entirely by genes
d. An individual's reproductive success depends in part on how the behavior is
performed - correct-answer - An individual's reproductive success depends in part
on how the behavior is performed
