Chapter 33:
Animal Behavior
Practice Test
1.
Communication is ____________.
a.
innate and learned
b.
accomplished only by mammals
c.
learned only
d.
innate only
Hint
2.
A state of reduced metabolism that occurs in animals living under intense heat is called __________.
a.
dormancy
b.
estivation
c.
exothermy
d.
hibernation
Hint
3.
A type of learning in which an animal receives a reward for making a particular response is called __________.
a.
imprinting
b.
habituation
c.
trial-and-error learning
d.
motivation
Hint
4.
A behavior that mobilizes your body for greater activity is called __________.
a.
a fight-or-flight response
b.
a reflex
c.
an instinct
d.
aggression
Hint
5.
Which group of animals has the most complex learned behavior?
a.
fishes
b.
mammals
c.
birds
d.
humans
Hint
6.
Behavior that changes through practice or experience is called ___________.
a.
instinct
b.
learned behavior
c.
habituation
d.
innate behavior
Hint
7.
The fights between animals of the same species are usually __________.
a.
to the death
b.
symbolic
c.
instinctive
d.
over food
Hint
8.
Territoriality reduces ___________.
a.
instinctive behavior
b.
learning
c.
competition
d.
communication
Hint
9.
A type of learning in which an animal, at a critical time of its life, forms a social attachment to another object is called ___________.
a.
imprinting
b.
trial-and-error learning
c.
motivation
d.
habituation
Hint
10.
Both automatic responses and instinctive behaviors are indirectly controlled by __________.
a.
conscious thought
b.
reflexes
c.
genes
d.
insight
Hint
11.
A state of reduced metabolism that occurs in animals living under very cold conditions is called ___________.
a.
estivation
b.
exothermy
c.
dormancy
d.
hibernation
Hint
12.
Learning in which an animal uses previous experience to respond to a new situation is called ____________.
a.
trail-and error learning
b.
insight
c.
imprinting
d.
conditioning
Hint
13.
In _________, some individuals are more subordinate than others.
a.
courtship behavior
b.
aggression
c.
competition
d.
a dominance hierarchy
Hint
14.
Courtship behavior has evolved through __________.
a.
natural selection
b.
instinct
c.
reflex
d.
conditioning
Hint
15.
Ivan Pavlov was the first to demonstrate __________.
a.
trial-and-error in dogs
b.
habituation in dogs
c.
insight in dogs
d.
conditioning in dogs
Hint
