Animal Behavior Practice Test

Anything in the environment to which an organism reacts is called? (a)  

• insight
• instinct
• response
• stimulus

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Web-spinning by a spider is an example of ?

• reflex

• instinct

• learned behavior

• conditioning

An example of imprinting is _____________?

• a loud noise is used to train a child to be afraid of furry animals

• training dos to salivate at the sound of a bell

• goslings following the first moving object they see after they hatch

• chimpanzees piling boxes to reach bananas

A form of reasoning that allows animals to use past experiences to solve new problems is ?

• conditioning

• imprinting

• insight

• motivation

Interactions of organisms of the same species is _____________.

• circadian rhythm

• conditioning

• cyclic behavior

• social behavior

Chemicals produced by one animal that influences the behavior of another animal of the same species is called ?

• pheromones

• aggressors

• instincts

• bioluminescence

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Innate behaviors that occur in a repeating pattern are called?

• social behavior

• circadian rhythm

• cyclic behavior

• courtship

All of the following are true of animals that hibernate EXCEPT ________________.

• they migrate in cold weather

• breathing rate is reduced

• they live on body fat

• body temperature drops

Pavlov's dog is an example of _______________.

• insight

• trial and error

• reflex

• conditioning

An area that an animal defends from other members of the same species is a ____________.

• society

• territory

• aggression

• migration

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