Animal Behaviours

In the park, you noticed a girl throwing a stick for her dog to fetch.  The dog ran and got the stick every time.  This is an example of

• instinctive behavior
• learned behavior

You observe a baby duck following closely behind your friend's adult cat.  This is an example of

• imprinting
• conditioning

Raccoons rip trash bags open and sort through the trash when Mr. Robinson leaves the bags outside.   The raccoons are exhibiting what type of behavior?    

• automatic behavior
• learned behavior
• inherited behavior
• instinctive behavior

Which of the following is an example of an animal showing an instinctive behavior?

• a dog sitting on command when the owner says, "Sit!"
• a woman sneezing when she gets pepper in her nose
• a bird building a perfect nest the first time it tries
• a bear sitting in a cave to keep from getting wet in a rain storm

A type of learned behaviour in which an animal learns to associate a response to a particular stimulus.

• classical conditioning

• operant conditioning

• agressive behaviour

• instinctual behaviour

Pavlov did experiments to test _____________________ by ringing a bell every time a dog was fed. The response was ____________.

• operant conditioning, drooling when the bell was rung

• operant conditioning, ringing the bell when they drooled

• classical conditioning, drooling when the bell was rung

• classical conditioning, ringing the bell when they drooled

True or False: In classical conditioning the animal responds AFTER the stimulus, and in operant conditioning the animal responds BEFORE the reward appears.

• True

• False

Signals produced by one animal that result in some type of response in another animal

• communication

• agression

• innate behaviours

• imprinting

All of the following are examples of communication EXCEPT:

• movement

• language

• pheremones

• songs

• sleeping

The use of bright colours to warn others that an animal is dangerous

• aposematic colouration

• mimicry

• pheremones

• frequency colouration