Animal Behavior

Which of the following is the study of animal behavior, especially in the natural environment?

• physiology

• ethology

• psychology

• genetics

Which of the following promotes cohesion of animals?

• aggregation pheromones

• territorial pheromones

• epideictic pheromones

• trail pheromones

Which of the following is an agent, action, or condition causing a response?

• stimulus

• instincts

• cohesion

• pheromones

Which of the following are chemicals secreted by an animal to influence others?

• hormones

• pheromones

• genes

• stimuli

Which of the following is an inborn pattern of behavior characteristic of a species?

• stimulus

• instincts

• cohesion

• pheromones

Which of the following is rapid learning which occurs during a brief receptive period?

• imprinting

• habituation

• reasoning

• conditioning

T/F: Reasoning involves using past experiences to make a decision.

• True

• False

T/F: Fish using vibrations in water to communicate is a form of substratum mechanoreception.

• True

• False

T/F: Conditioning occurs when an animal learns to respond to a stimulus due to positive or negative reinforcement.

• True

• False

T/F: Epideictic pheromones regulate population control.

• true

• false