Animal Behavior

The study of the natural history of animal behavior is

• etiology
• psychology
• ethology
• parapsychology

An example of associative learning would be

• classical conditioning
• operant conditioning
• C) Pavlovian conditioning
• all of the above

A songbird that hears the songs of other species as well as its own

• will sing the song of its own species, but needs practice
• will instinctively sing the song of its species perfectly
• will sing other songs as well as its own
  
• will be confused and not master any song
  

The level of specificity of signals may be

• species-specific
• individually specific
  
• anonymous
• all of the above

Increased response to an increase in light intensity is called

• positive phototaxis
• kinesis
• negative phototaxis
• luminis
  

Which of the following is an example of a question about the ultimate causation of a behavior?

• What muscles are involved when a hummingbird hovers over a flower?
• When is the critical period for imprinting in young goats?
• Which hormones must be present at what levels to make a female lizard receptive to male courtship?
• none of above

Which of the following involves trial-and-error learning?

• habituation
• classical conditioning
• sensitization
  
• operant conditioning
  

Human behavior, like other mammalian behavior, is determined

• strictly by the genes
• strictly by learning
• by a mixture of genes and learning
• none of the above

Learning to not respond to a stimulus is called

• imprinting
• sensitization
• kinesis
• habituation

A goose retrieving a stray egg and rolling it back into its nest is an example of

• instinctive behavior
• operant conditioning
• associative behavior
• learning preparedness