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How to learn basic animal behavior
Contributed by: Roe
  • 1. What is ethology the study of?
A) Human behavior
B) Cell behavior
C) Plant behavior
D) Animal behavior
  • 2. Which of the following is NOT a key component of animal behavior observation?
A) Intervention
B) Description
C) Analysis
D) Quantification
  • 3. What is an ethogram?
A) A training schedule
B) A type of animal trap
C) A breed of dog
D) A catalog of animal behaviors
  • 4. Which type of behavior involves learning?
A) Innate behavior
B) Reflexive behavior
C) Conditioned behavior
D) Instinctive behavior
  • 5. What is habituation?
A) Increased response to a repeated stimulus
B) Building a new habitat
C) Decreased response to a repeated stimulus
D) Learning a new skill
  • 6. What does 'proximate cause' of behavior refer to?
A) Evolutionary reasons for behavior
B) Long-term consequences of behavior
C) Genetic causes of behavior
D) Immediate triggers for behavior
  • 7. What does 'ultimate cause' of behavior refer to?
A) Developmental reasons for behavior
B) Physiological causes of behavior
C) Immediate triggers for behavior
D) Evolutionary reasons for behavior
  • 8. Which of these is an example of observational learning?
A) Learning through trial and error
B) Learning through instinct
C) Learning by watching others
D) Learning through punishment
  • 9. What is a fixed action pattern?
A) A flexible behavior that changes with experience
B) A sequence of unlearned acts
C) A learned behavior
D) A random set of actions
  • 10. What is the role of hormones in behavior?
A) Directly controlling all animal actions
B) Only affecting behavior in humans
C) Influencing physiological processes related to behavior
D) Having no effect on behavior
  • 11. What is foraging behavior?
A) Defending territory
B) Building a nest
C) Searching for food
D) Mating rituals
  • 12. What is optimal foraging theory?
A) Eating as much as possible
B) Eating only the most nutritious food
C) Eating whatever is easiest to find
D) Maximizing energy gain while minimizing cost
  • 13. What is migration?
A) Short-distance movement
B) Long-distance movement
C) Moving randomly
D) Staying in one place
  • 14. What cues do animals use for navigation during migration?
A) Only visual landmarks
B) Only taste
C) Only smell
D) Sun, stars, and magnetic fields
  • 15. What is communication in animal behavior?
A) Transmission of information
B) Sleeping
C) Eating
D) Fighting
  • 16. Which of the following is a form of animal communication?
A) Hibernation
B) Grooming
C) Digestion
D) Visual displays
  • 17. What is a pheromone?
A) An electrical signal
B) A visual signal
C) A chemical signal
D) A sound signal
  • 18. What is agonistic behavior?
A) Conflict behavior
B) Playful behavior
C) Sleeping behavior
D) Cooperative behavior
  • 19. What is dominance hierarchy?
A) Random social structure
B) Equal distribution of resources
C) Ranking of individuals
D) Avoiding social interactions
  • 20. What is altruism?
A) Behavior that benefits others at a cost to oneself
B) Neutral behavior
C) Harmful behavior
D) Selfish behavior
  • 21. What is kin selection?
A) Avoiding relatives
B) Favoring relatives
C) Random mate choice
D) Favoring strangers
  • 22. What is reciprocal altruism?
A) Helping others with the expectation of return
B) Helping others without expecting anything in return
C) Ignoring others
D) Harming others
  • 23. What is sexual selection?
A) Selection against reproduction
B) Selection for mating success
C) Random mate choice
D) Selection for survival
  • 24. What is intersexual selection?
A) Mate choice
B) Competition for mates
C) Random mating
D) Forced mating
  • 25. What is intrasexual selection?
A) Competition for mates
B) Cooperative mating
C) Mate choice
D) Peaceful mating
  • 26. What does the term 'anthropomorphism' mean in animal behavior?
A) Studying human behavior
B) Observing plant behavior
C) Attributing human characteristics to animals
D) Ignoring animal behavior
  • 27. What is imprinting?
A) Forgetting everything
B) Innate behavior only
C) Learning during a sensitive period
D) Learning without a sensitive period
  • 28. What is classical conditioning?
A) Learning through trial and error
B) Instinctive response
C) Ignoring stimuli
D) Associating a neutral stimulus with a meaningful stimulus
  • 29. What is operant conditioning?
A) Learning through rewards and punishments
B) Habituation
C) Imprinting
D) Classical conditioning
  • 30. Why is it important to be objective when studying animal behavior?
A) To avoid bias
B) To anthropomorphize
C) To make assumptions
D) To be subjective
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