Chapter 51: Animal Behavior

A cat is stalking a mouse. What is the stimulus for this behavior?

• food (prey)
• avoiding predation
• seasonal change
• reproduction

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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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Which of the following terms is another term for innate?

• instinct
• learned
• trial and error
• copying

A rabbit is running away from a fox. What is the stimulus for this behavior?

• avoiding a predator
• food
• migration
• estivation

A mother is born knowing how to nurse her puppies. This is an example of which type of behavior?

• learned
• trial and error
• operant conditioning
• Innate

Which type of behavior is most likely to occur due to a seasonal change stimulus?

• migration
• estivation
• reproduction
• social grooming

Which of these is an instinct?

• A spider spinning a web
• Blinking when something gets in your face
• Your leg moving when the doctor taps your knee

The behavior of some animals to attract other animals

• Courtship
• Dating
• Showing off
• Hibernation

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Which is an example of courtship?

• A peacock shows off his feathers
• A rabbit runs away from a wolf
• A bear hibernates
• Bees communicating with phromones

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Animals compete for...

• Food
• Mates
• Territory
• All of these

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