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WorksheetsAnimal Behavior
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 43mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an instinct?
a)
Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.
b)
A natural behavior that an organism inherits.
c)
A behavior that an organism obtains from experiences.
2.
What is a learned behavior?
a)
Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.
b)
A natural behavior that an organism inherits.
c)
A behavior that an organism obtains from experiences.
3.
Why is a spider spinning a web an innate behavior?
a)
It learns how to spin the web from its mother.
b)
It learns how to spin a web through insight learning.
c)
It is born knowing how to spin a web.
d)
It learns how to spin a web through observational learning.
4.
The behavior of some animals to attract other animals
a)
Courtship
b)
Dating
c)
Showing off
d)
Hibernation
5.
Instincts ...
a)
Can be controlled
b)
Cannot be controlled
c)
It depends on the instinct
6.
Which is an example of courtship?
a)
A peacock shows off his feathers
b)
A rabbit runs away from a wolf
c)
A bear hibernates
d)
Bees communicating with phromones
7.
Territory is...
a)
Space
b)
Food
c)
Mates
8.
Traveling to a different region during different times of the year
a)
Migration
b)
Communication
c)
Hibernation
d)
Competition
9.
Hibernation is a...
a)
Resting state
b)
Active state
10.
Hibernation helps an animal survive...
a)
Cold weather
b)
Warm weather
11.
Which type of behavior is most likely to occur due to a seasonal change stimulus?
a)
migration
b)
estivation
c)
reproduction
d)
social grooming
12.
Migration is an innate behavior.
a)
true
b)
false
13.
A female is more likely to select a...
a)
Peacock with large, bright feathers
b)
Peacock with small, dull feathers
14.
Birds can only recognize mating calls of other birds of the same species.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Which of the following changes take place during hibernation?
a)
body temperature drops
b)
heart rate decreses
c)
breathing rate slows
d)
all of these changes take place
16.
The instinct that causes an animal to establish and defend an area from other members of the same species.
a)
aggression
b)
territoriality
c)
circadian rhythm
d)
dominance hierarchy
17.
Male deer fighting is an example of
a)
intersexual courtship behavior
b)
migration
c)
territoriality
d)
intrasexual courtship behavior
18.
A male manikan bird doing a dance is an example of
a)
intersexual courtship behavior
b)
migration
c)
territoriality
d)
intrasexual courtship behavior
19.
An owl being active at night and sleeping during the day is an example of
a)
circadian rhythm
b)
migration
c)
hibernation
d)
imprinting
20.
An animal trying to intimidate another member of the same species is
a)
aggression
b)
territoriality
c)
courtship behavior
d)
circadian rhythm
21.
Which of the following is most similar to hibernation?
a)
migration
b)
estivation
c)
territoriality
d)
courtship behavior
22.
Which of the following animals hibernate?
a)
ground squirrels
b)
monarch butterflies
c)
fruit flies
d)
humans
23.
Which of the following animals migrate?
a)
ground squirrels
b)
monarch butterflies
c)
fruit flies
d)
humans
24.
Which of the following is made possible by courtship behavior?
a)
sexual selection
b)
natural selection
c)
hibernation
d)
territoriality
25.
Ground squirrels going into a deep state of sleep at the same time every year is an example of
a)
migration
b)
territoriality
c)
hibernation
d)
aggression
26.
A cat is stalking a mouse. What is the stimulus for this behavior?
a)
food (prey)
b)
avoiding predation
c)
seasonal change
d)
reproduction
27.
Why is a spider spinning a web an innate behavior?
a)
It learns how to spin the web from its mother.
b)
It learns how to spin a web through insight learning.
c)
It is born knowing how to spin a web.
d)
It learns how to spin a web through observational learning.
28.
A rabbit is running away from a fox. What is the stimulus for this behavior?
a)
avoiding a predator
b)
food
c)
migration
d)
estivation
29.
A mother is born knowing how to nurse her puppies. This is an example of which type of behavior?
a)
learned
b)
trial and error
c)
operant conditioning
d)
Innate
30.
Getting use to something after being exposed to it for a long period of time is an example of which type of learned behavior?
a)
insight learning
b)
playing
c)
habituation
d)
observational learning
31.
Animals often develop new behaviors from past experiences. Which type of learned behavior is this?
a)
Insight learning
b)
Operant conditioning
c)
Habituation
d)
Playing
32.
A way of learning that involves a reward or punishment is called?
a)
observational learning
b)
operant conditioning
c)
habituation
d)
playing
33.
An animal that develops behaviors based on past mistakes and rewards is learning using which method?
a)
insight learning
b)
habitation
c)
observational
d)
playing
34.
The way an animal responds to its environment
a)
Behavior
b)
Adaptation
c)
Migration
d)
Communication
35.
A behavior that you are not born with, that is controlled by the environment is called
a)
Innate behavior
b)
Learned behavior
36.
A behavior that you are born with is called...
a)
Innate behavior
b)
Learned behavior
37.
What is it called when a newborn animal recognizes and foollows the first moving object it sees?
a)
shivering
b)
inherited behaviors
c)
instincts
d)
imprinting
38.
Which scientist discovered classical conditioning in dogs?
a)
Konrad Lorenz
b)
Ivan Pavlov
c)
B.K. Skinner
d)
Karl Frish
39.
Which scientist studied imprinting in geese?
a)
Konrad Lorenz
b)
Ivan Pavlov
c)
B.F. Skinner
d)
Karl Frish
40.
Every time someone flushes a toilet in the apartment building, the shower becomes very hot and causes the person to jump back. Over time, the person begins to jump back automatically after hearing the flush, before the water temperature changes.
a)
Classical
b)
Operant
c)
observational
41.
Your father gives you a credit card at the end of your first year in college because you did so well. As a result, your grades continue to get better in your second year.
a)
Classical
b)
Operant
c)
Observational
42.
Your car has a red, flashing light that blinks annoyingly if you start the car without buckling the seat belt. You become less likely to start the car without buckling the seat belt.
a)
Classical
b)
operant
c)
observational
43.
You eat a new food and then get sick because of the flu. However, you develop a dislike for the food and feel nauseated whenever you smell it.
a)
classical
b)
operant
c)
observational
44.
A lion in a circus learns to stand up on a chair and jump through a hoop to receive a food treat.
a)
classical
b)
operant
c)
observational
45.
An individual receives frequent injections of drugs, which are administered in a small examination room at a clinic. The drug itself causes increased heart rate but after several trips to the clinic, simply being in a small room causes an increased heart rate.
a)
classical
b)
operant
c)
observational
46.
A professor has a policy of exempting students from the final exam if they maintain perfect attendance during the quarter. His students’ attendance is outstanding.
a)
classical
b)
operant
c)
observational
47.
Ivan Pavlov with his dogs.
a)
classical
b)
operant
c)
observational
48.
Losing your car due to bad grades.
a)
positive reinforcement
b)
negative reinforcement
c)
positive punishment
d)
negative punishment
49.
Receiving extra credit for winning a review game.
a)
positive reinforcement
b)
negative reinforcement
c)
positive punishment
d)
negative punishment
50.
No homework for the rest of the year!
a)
positive reinforcement
b)
negative reinforcement
c)
positive punishment
d)
negative punishment
51.
Pavlov found that meat powder placed on a dog's tongue will make the dog salivate. In Pavlov's terms, the meat powder is
a)
unconditioned stimulus
b)
unconditioned response
c)
conditioned stimulus
d)
conditioned response
52.
Which form of learning would be studied in a Skinner box?
a)
classical conditioning
b)
operant conditioning
c)
observational learning
d)
latent learning
53.
Parents say, “I’m taking away your phone because you failed Chemistry.” Parents are using
a)
positive punishment
b)
negative punishment
c)
positive reinforcement
d)
classical conditioning
54.
Kohler studied chimps solving problems with no visible effort. He studied these "sudden insights" He studied
a)
observational learning
b)
insight learning
c)
operant conditioning
d)
classical conditioning
55.
In the original Pavlov study, the unconditioned stimulus was
a)
salivation to meat
b)
meat
c)
bell
d)
salivation to bell
56.
imprinting
a)
Cues an animal to take in water since animals are mostly made of water
b)
behavior in which the newborn animal recognizes and follows the first moving object they see
57.
In Pavlov's conditioning experiment with dogs salivation when the bell was rung is an example of
a)
conditioned stimulus
b)
unconditioned stimulus
c)
conditioned response
d)
unconditioned response
58.
Another name for operant conditioning is
a)
classical conditioning
b)
trial and error learning
c)
habituation
d)
imprinting
59.
Your fish swimming to the surface of his bowl when you approach is an example of
a)
classical conditioning
b)
operant conditioning
c)
imprinting
d)
insight learning
60.
You learning to ride a bike is an example of
a)
classical conditioning
b)
operant conditioning
c)
imprinting
d)
insight learning
61.
An animal behavior that is both innate and learned is
a)
classical conditioning
b)
operant conditioning
c)
imprinting
d)
insight learning
62.
You learning to ride a bike is an example of
a)
classical conditioning
b)
operant conditioning
c)
imprinting
d)
insight learning
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