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WorksheetsBehavior (Response to Stimuli)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
Which of the following is an example of instinctive behavior?
A puppy cuddling with its human owner
A duckling swimming after its mother
A young child learning how to read
A kitten learning to use a litter box
What is the best definition of behavior?
The way an organism acts in its environment
The sum total of an organism's good and bad actions.
The learned mechanisms of survival in organisms
How an organism's body evolves within it's lifetime
What can you infer about the instinctive behaviors of many baby animals?
They are usually fairly useless in the wild
They usually revolve around avoiding humans
They usually revolve around obtaining food and safety
They are usually taught to them by their mothers
What is an example of a human reflex?
Avoiding dangerous streets and neighborhoods.
Feeling affection toward one's friends.
Quickly moving back from the source of a sudden, startling noise.
Screaming when one doesn't get what one wants.
Which of the following is an example of learned behavior in humans?
Knowing which key opens a door
Blinking or sneezing when you come out into a bright light
Scratching mosquito bites
Gagging when something is placed at the back of your mouth
Courtship behavior helps organisms:
Survive to old age
Learn
Eat
Reproduce
In the movie, Tim says reflexes are "involuntary." What does this mean?
. People learn them before the age of five
People perform them without thinking
People need to perform them to survive
People always dislike performing them
A scientist places a rat in a maze on five occasions. He finds that the rat runs the maze faster each time. This demonstrates that:
The rat is motivated by a desire to please humans
The rat's instincts are extremely sharp
The rat's reflexes are all in working order
The rat has the capacity to learn/improve new behaviors
Tame animals do not attack humans, because they have been ________ to the presence of humans.
Manipulated
Stimulated
Habituated
Instinctuated
What is the "nature vs. nurture" debate about?
How much of human behavior is genetic, and how much of it is shaped by our environment.
How much of human behavior is learned from our parents, and how much is learned from other sources.
How much of human behavior is learned outdoors, and how much is learned indoors.
How much of human behavior is useful, and how much is useless.
