Animal Behaviors

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

• imprinting
• habituation
• classic conditioning
• distraction display

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

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

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The training of animals usually involves ____. 

• 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 

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

The behavior of some animals to attract other animals (think dating)

• courtship
• dating
• showing off
• hibernation

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

• inherited or innate behaviors
• learned behaviors
• instincts
• imprinted behaviors

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What is Camouflage 

• Taking the background and copy it
• coping another animal or thing to survive 

What is mimicry

• Taking the background and copy it
• coping another animal or thing to survive