Animal Behaviors

Instinctive behaviors are dependent on what kind of variables?

• Behaviors and Interactions

• On other organisms

• Themselves

• Parents

What makes hereditary transmission so complex? (2 answers)

• It is not complex.

• Consists of many genes mixing.

• Environmental influence.

• Developed through learning.

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Instinct perceived as "rigid and fixed" is determined by what?

• Instincts

• Natural Selection

• Evolutionary Change

• Behavioral Patterns

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What is the nervous system's role in the evolution of instincts?

• It provides faster reaction time.

• Helps other organisms with communication.

• It reinforces the environment.

• Communicates between different parts of the body.

What must change for different behavioral modes to genetically stabilize?

• Environments and selected forces.

• Diets and food.

• Mates and relationships.

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What type of animals are able to improve or change their behavior through learning?

• Primates.

• Sponges.

• Placozoans.

• Ctenophores.

Do certain cleaning behaviors link to the same gene or separate?

• Separate, each gene has different cleaning behaviors.

• Same, each gene has the same cleaning behavior.

What is an example of hereditary transmission in bees?

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What is the intermediate behavior of a lovebird?

• Behavior that is inherited and improved through learning.

• Behavior that is only learned.

• Behavior that is only inherited.

• Behavior that is neither inherited or learned

How is learning explained in Ethology.

• Modification of behavior through experience.

• Modification of environmental changes.

• Modification of physical traits.