Animal Behavior Summary

A bearded dragon will hunt small insects like worms and crickets to eat. What type of behavior this?

• parental care
• foraging 
• courtship
• communication

When animal learns to ignore harmless stimuli like a scarecrow, what type of learning is this? 

• innate learning
• classical conditioning 
• habituation 
• trial and error learning 

A (an) ____ is an environmental change that directly influences the activity of an organism.

• stimulus

• behavior

• innate response

• fixed action pattern

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Which is an example of innate behavior?

• pond ducks flocking to be fed by humans

• bears learning to catch fish

• human babies speaking words

• birds chirping when hatched

The interaction between animals of the same species.

• innate behavior
• response
• reflex
• social behavior

The process by which certain animals form strong attachments during an early-life critical period.

• migration
• imprinting
• stimulus
• dominance

Defense of a space against encroachment by other individuals.

• habituation
• migration
• submission
• territoriality

A behavior that has been developed from experience.

• social
• innate
• learned
• aggression

Any physical or verbal behavior intended to intimidate or harm.

• aggression
• reflex
• learned behavior
• trial and error

The act of yielding to the authority of another .

• hibernation
• pheromone
• courtship
• submission