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.

A soccer player kicking a field goal in his first football game is an example of

• imprinting

• conditioning

• trial and error

• insight

A trainer using fish to reward a dolphin that jumps through a hoop is an example of

• imprinting
• conditioning
• trial and error
• insight

A gymnast learning how to do a cartwheel is an example of

• imprinting
• conditioning
• trial and error
• insight

A chick following a lawnmower because it was the first moving object it ever saw is an example of

• imprinting
• conditioning
• trial and error
• insight

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

The behavior of some animals to attract other animals (think dating)

• courtship
• dating
• showing off
• hibernation

Perfecting your tennis game is an example of

• conditioning
• trial and error 
• insight or reasoning
• instinct

What behavior allows newborns to recognize and follow the first moving object they see?

• imprinting
• conditioning
• trial and error
• reflex

What is a seasonal movement of an animal to another location to find food called? 

• camouflage
• migration
• grouping
• mimicry