Animal Behavior Test Review

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 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

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

• camouflage
• migration
• grouping
• mimicry

Behaviors that are passed on from parents to offspring without teaching or training are called what?

• inherited or innate behaviors

• learned behaviors

What are cues from within an animal for survival; (hunger, thirst, sleepiness)?

• internal stimuli

• hibernation

• shedding

• conditioning

What is greatly reduced body activity in

order to conserve food stored in the body?

• migration

• hibernation

• imprinting

• shivering

What is the seasonal movement of an animal to

another location to find food?

• learned behavior

• hibernation

• thirst

• migration