Question 1

The endocrine system produces hormones in the body and it can be manipulated to cause an individual to change their behavior.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

An example of a pheromone in humans is

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A)   testosterone.
B)   a chemical released by males that reduces premenstrual tension in women.
C)   the mother's milk that transfers immunity to the infant.
D)   saliva exchanged during kissing (as a sexual stimulant) .E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Primate grooming and honeybee waggle-dancing share which of these forms of communication?

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A)   chemical communication
B)   auditory communication
C)   tactile communication
D)   visual communicationE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

A newborn chick can accurately peck at food without other chicks around to serve as models. Newborn geese considered Konrad Lorenz to be their mother because he was the first creature they saw and heard after they hatched. Are these the same "type" of inherited behavior? Compare and contrast these two behaviors.

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The pecking of the newborn chick appears...

Question 5

Describe the series of steps required for an individual to be operant conditioned.

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Question 6

The type of learning that is associated with an organism solving a problem without any prior experiences with the situation is

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A)   operant conditioning.
B)   imprinting.
C)   associative learning.
D)   insight learning.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 7

The waggle dance of a bee indicates to other bees in the hive the direction of food.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Dogs scent-mark by defecating and urinating in an area, while cats scent-mark by rubbing against objects. Both of these increase the animals level of fitness and are examples of

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A)   altruism.
B)   sexual selection.
C)   territoriality.
D)   foraging.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Many worker bees give their lives to save a bee hive from an attack by bears or other animals. In such cases, we now know that

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A)   this is a case of sexual selection.
B)   each female worker is waiting to get her chance to reproduce.
C)   this is a case of bees consciously understanding the need to preserve the nest for their individual benefit-they might survive if all work together.
D)   These worker bees will have a reproductive benefit if the members of the hive survive.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

The "hardwired" or inherited set response patterns that are described for a male cheetah spraying a pheromone to mark its territory, a bee performing a waggle-dance, or a cricket singing to sort out mates, are

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A)   symbol systems.
B)   inherited systems that are evolutionarily adaptive.
C)   the sociobiological roots of our language system.
D)   altruistic adaptations to improve the general environment.
E)   languages similar to human languages in variability and learning requirements.F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 11

The capacity to learn is inherited and allows the animal to change its behavioral patterns in response to changes in the environment.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Learned behavior that causes a family of baby ducks to follow their mother is called

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A)   imprinting.
B)   operant conditioning.
C)   insight learning.
D)   extinction.
E)   motivation.F) None of the above
G) All of the above

Question 13

The making of a short-term reproductive sacrifice in order to maximize future reproductive potential is

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A)   reciprocal altruism.
B)   kin selection.
C)   inclusive fitness.
D)   territoriality.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Altruism is

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A)   displaced aggressive behavior.
B)   a means of ranking animals in a dominance hierarchy.
C)   actions of an animal that immediately benefit others rather than itself.
D)   belligerent behavior that helps an animal compete in its society.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

If a person is trying to use operant conditioning on their child they would need to

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A)   repeatedly encourage the child to perform a behavior and then reward the good behavior so the child associates the behavior with the reward.
B)   repeatedly encourage the child to perform a behavior and then wait several days before rewarding the good behavior so the child associates the behavior with the reward.
C)   wait until the child accidentally performs a behavior that is desirable and then reward the good behavior so the child associates the behavior with the reward.
D)   never encourage a specific behavior from a child but randomly give them rewards.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Which of the following communication methods would be most effective for a species that lives in the tropical rainforest and is active at night?

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A)   chemical
B)   visual
C)   tactile
D)   auditoryE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Altruism is very rare in societies where the individual's genes have a greater chance of being passed on by other individuals of the society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Altruistic behaviors between closely related animals

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A)   reduce fighting between species.
B)   increase the inclusive fitness of the altruist.
C)   increase the life-time reproductive success of the altruist.
D)   force individuals to cooperate with one another and thereby increase mating and population growth.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 19

Which form of communication is used by social insects to modify the behavior of the colony?

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A)   Chemical communication
B)   Visual communication
C)   Auditory communication
D)   None of the choices are used by social insects.
E)   All of the choices are used by social insects.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 20

Adaptive behavior has probably been selected by evolutionary processes because it

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A)   makes the animal the smartest.
B)   allows the animal to live the longest.
C)   allows the animal to live in the widest variety of environments.
D)   allows the animal to produce the largest number of viable offspring.
E)   All of the choices are correct.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

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An example of a pheromone in humans is

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The capacity to learn is inherited and allows the animal to change its behavioral patterns in response to changes in the environment.

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