Animal Behavior

The long seasonal movement of animal is called: 

• Foraging
• migration
• fixed action pattern
• altruisic behavior

The manipulation of information by the mind is called: 

• Operant conditioning
• polyandrous
• imprinting
• cognition

Behavior which benefits another organism and seems to give no gain the the benefactor is called:

• Habituaton
• taxis
• imprinting
• altruistic 

In the old story, about the boy who cried wolf so many times that nobody was alarmed anymore, the story illustrates which type of learning? 

• habituation
• imprinting
• classic conditioning
• cognition

Hatchling ducks recognize any organism they see after they hatch as mother.  This is what type of behavior?

• imprinting
• habituation
• classic conditioning
• distraction display

Songs, sounds, chemical, and vocalizations are used in the animal kingdom to:

• fix an action pattern
• show altruism
• teach cognition
• signal each other 

The sacrifice of the life of an individual so that the genes of relatives may be passed on is called ______. 

• operant learning
• kin selection 
• kinesis 
• imprinting 

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The training of animals usually involves ____. 

• imprinting
• classical conditioning 
• operant conditioning 
• cognitive learning 

The ability to be able to run a maze is an example of ___.

• imprinting
• classical conditioning 
• operant conditioning
• cognitive learning 

In Pavlov's dog experiment, he tested classic conditioning by:

• putting them in a pen with a lever they could push for food 
• puting them in a maze with food at the end or with no food at the end.
• imprinting the puppies with a mama cat 
• teaching them to salivate at the ringing of a bell