animal and plant behavior

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

• imprinting
• conditioning
• trial and error
• reflex

A trainer using fish to reward a dolphin that jumps through a hoop 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

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.

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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

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The behavior that is set in an animal at birth

• Learned
• Imprinting
• Instinct
• Conditioning

The conditioning stimuli Pavlov introduced to dogs to gain the response of salivation.

• Clapped hands
• Ringing a bell
• Food
• Blew a whistle

Behaviors that organisms are BORN WITH are _______ behaviors.

• cyclic

• innate

• social

• trial and error

Automatic response such as coughing or sneezing

• reflex

• stimulus

• instinct

• insight