Animal Behavior

A cat is stalking a mouse. What is the stimulus for this behavior?

• food (prey)
• avoiding predation
• seasonal change
• reproduction

Why is a spider spinning a web an innate behavior?

• It learns how to spin the web from its mother.
• It learns how to spin a web through insight learning.  
• It is born knowing how to spin a web.
• It learns how to spin a web through observational learning.

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Which of the following terms is another term for innate?

• instinct
• learned
• trial and error
• copying

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A rabbit is running away from a fox. What is the stimulus for this behavior?

• avoiding a predator
• food
• migration
• estivation

A mother is born knowing how to nurse her puppies. This is an example of which type of behavior?

• learned
• trial and error
• operant conditioning
• Innate

Getting use to something after being exposed to it for a long period of time is an example of which type of learned behavior?

• insight learning
• playing
• habituation
• observational learning

Animals often develop new behaviors from past experiences. Which type of learned behavior is this?

• Insight learning
• Operant conditioning
• Habituation
• Playing

Which type of behavior is most likely to occur due to a seasonal change stimulus?

• migration
• estivation
• reproduction
• social grooming

Which of the following terms best describes insight learning?

• trial and error
• copying
• mimicry
• observing

Migration is an innate behavior.

• true
• false