ap bio animal behavior and ecology

Behavior which benefits another organism and seems to give no gain the the benefactor is called:

• Habituaton
• taxis
• imprinting
• altruistic 

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

• imprinting
• habituation
• classic conditioning
• distraction display

The sacrifice of the life of an individual so that the genes of relatives may be passed on is called ______. 

• operant learning
• kin selection 
• kinesis 
• imprinting 

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The ability to be able to run a maze is an example of ___.

• 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 bird building its nest perfectly the first time is an example of 

• learned behavior
• instinctive behavior

In the park, you noticed a girl throwing a stick for her dog to fetch.  The dog ran and got the stick every time.  This is an example of

• instinctive behavior
• learned behavior

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

• avoiding a predator
• food
• migration
• estivation

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How does a taxis differ from a kinesis?

• A taxis is a movement in a specific direction.
• A taxis must be learned.
• A taxis is an increase in random movement.
• A taxis is inherited behavior.

Where do sensory cells send information about stimuli?

• to muscles
• to glands
• to the nervous system
• to the skeleton

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