AP Biology Behaviors

Which is an example of innate behavior?

• pond ducks flocking to be fed

• bears leaning to catch fish

• human babies speaking words

• birds chirping when hatched

Which behavior is genetically based because an animal is born knowing how to do it. It is NOT linked to past experiences?

• innate behavior

• habituation

• operant conditioning

• classical conditioning

A _________ is defined as a way an animal responds to a stimulus.

• response

• instinct

• attitude

• behavior

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The study of animal behavior

• biology
• ecology
• ethology
• behaviorology

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 

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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What is an example of classical conditioning?

• Pavlov and the dog

• spinning a web to catch prey

• sneezing

After several attempts, a child learns to ride a skateboard. What type of learned behavior is this?

• imprinting

• operant conditioning or trial and error

• classical conditioning

• insight

Every morning, Mrs. Jones opens a can of cat food using the electric can opener and feeds her cat. At dinnertime, Mrs. Jones used the electric can opener to open a can of soup. Upon hearing the whirring sound of the can opener, her cat came running. What type of behavior does her cat show?

• trial & error

• imprinting

• classical conditioning

• instinct

A dog rolls over and gets a treat, so she rolls over again. This is an example of a...

• operant conditioning

• inherited behavior

• classical conditioning

• instinct