Animal Behavior

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.

Which of the following terms is another term for innate?

• instinct
• learned
• trial and error
• copying

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

• migration
• estivation
• reproduction
• social grooming

Which of the following best describes a social behavior?

• One monkey grooming another.
• A predator chasing prey.
• An animal defending its territory.
• An animal hibernating.

Michael went to the circus and saw a seal balance a beach ball on its nose.  This is an example of a...

• instinct
• mimicry
• camouflage
• learned behavior

Instincts ...

• Can be controlled
• Cannot be controlled
• It depends on the instinct

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

Hibernation helps an animal survive...

• Cold weather
• Warm weather

Certain newly hatched birds learn to recognize and follow their mother through a process called ____________________.

• Imprinting
• Instinct
• Trial-and-Error
• Conditioning

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