Animal Behavior

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.

Which of the following terms is another term for innate?

• instinct
• learned
• trial and error
• copying

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

• migration
• estivation
• reproduction
• social grooming

Which of the following best describes a social behavior?

• One monkey grooming another.
• A predator chasing prey.
• An animal defending its territory.
• An animal hibernating.

Which of the following terms best describes insight learning?

• trial and error
• copying
• mimicry
• observing

An octopus can change its color to match its surroundings. This is an example of which type of behavior?

• camouflage
• mimicry
• cooperative behavior
• estivation

Michael went to the circus and saw a seal balance a beach ball on its nose.  This is an example of a...

• instinct
• mimicry
• camouflage
• learned behavior

• protective coloration
• counter shading
• protective resemblance
• mimicry

Which of these choices is an example of something that is needed for survival?

• Adaptation
• Food 
• Water
• All of the above

Once Pavlov's dogs learned to salivate to the sound of a tuning fork, the tuning fork was a(n)

• unconditioned stimulus
• neutral stimulus 
• conditioned stimulus
• unconditioned response