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CLEP Biology: Principles Of Behavior
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Answer 34 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A ___________ is a chemical released to cause a predictable reaction of another member of the species.
Genetic
Pheromone
Bird
Fixed Action
2. Fraternal twins in same family are often different; __________ twins reared apart are often similar.
Imprinting
Identical
Echolocation.
Harem
3. ______________ to living in a social group might include help to avoid predators - raise young - and find food.
Advantages
Fixed Action
Greater
Harem
4. Females mate with dominant males when ______________ is near; dominant males protect all young.
Auditory
Ovulation
Waggle
Altruism
5. ___________ communication (sounds) have advantages. It is faster than chemical communication. And - it is effective both night and day. For example - whale songs have six basic themes for sexual and group identification.
Advantages
Auditory
Harem
Society
6. Certain animals - such as bats and dolphins - have a sensory system called _____________ - in which high-pitched sounds are emitted and their echoes interpreted to determine the direction and distance of objects.
Society
Concrete
Fixed Action
Echolocation.
7. Stags compete for females to form a _____________--a group that mates only with him.
Concrete
Society
Echolocation.
Harem
8. _________ _______ Patterns (FAPs) are always performed the same way and are elicited by a sign stimulus.
Fixed Action
Bird
Drone
Pheromone
9. __________ ______ chicks beg food from parents by pecking at parents' beaks; their accuracy improves with practice.
Altruism
Laughing Gull
Behavior
Bird
10. Honeybees combine tactile and auditory signals to indicate direction of a food source. A bee that has located a good source of pollen returns to the hive and conducts a __________ dance.
Waggle
Concrete
Courtship
Fixed Action
11. _______________ involves marking or defending a particular area against competitors.
Territoriality
Bird
Pheromone
Laughing Gull
12. ___________________ involves reinforcing a particular behavior to strengthen the relationship between a stimulus and a response.
Fixed Action
Tactile
Altruism
Operant conditioning
13. ___________ communication occurs when one animal touches another.
Selection
Laughing Gull
Waggle
Tactile
14. _________ may decrease reproductive success while benefiting reproductive success of another member of group.
Communication
Concrete
Society
Altruism
15. ___________ members are organized in a cooperative manner extending beyond sexual or parental behavior.
Altruism
Society
Identical
Dominance
16. _________________ may be chemicals (e.g. - pheromones - urine - and feces). Moths attract males with tail gland pheromones; cats mark territory with urine - etc. and antelope mark with eye gland secretions.
Communication signals
Greater
Disadvantages
Identical
17. Some animals are largely ____________ and join with a member of the opposite sex only to reproduce.
Sociobiology
Dominance
Solitary
Harem
18. __________ is an observable coordinated response to environmental stimuli. Mechanistic questions are answered by describing how an animal is biologically equipped to behave.
Run-away
Selection
Behavior
Auditory
19. In humans - Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget assigned four stages to child development. First - the ____________ stage (first two years) involves nonverbal hands-on learning.
Sensorimotor
Learning.
Imprinting
Courtship
20. Behavior has ___________ basis and can evolve. Behavior evolves to adapt an individual to reproduce; also to capture resources and avoid predators.
Courtship
Fixed Action
Echolocation.
Genetic
21. In social bees and wasps - the queen is diploid but the _________ is haploid; they are 75 percent related to their nest mates but only 50 percent related to their own offspring if they reproduced; thus - it is an advantage to care for the queen and h
Tactile
Courtship
Drone
Auditory
22. _______________ is an application of evolutionary biology principles to the social behavior in animals.
Sociobiology
Learning.
Disadvantages
Society
23. The third stage of Piaget's Cognitive Theory of Development is the __________ stage - in which the child develops organized - logical thought - and the ability to classify objects.
Concrete
Sensorimotor
Drone
Bird
24. ______________ is a durable change in behavior brought about by experience.
Learning.
Tactile
Selection
Bird
25. _________________ - another form of learning - involves a sensitive period. A famous example of this is where a scientist imitated a mother duck's quacking in front of a group of ducklings just after they had hatched.
Laughing Gull
Language
Imprinting
Pheromone
26. Migratory __________ that are caged and prevented from migrating exhibit migratory restlessness.
Imprinting
Concrete
Operant conditioning
Bird
27. ______________ to living in a social group include tension between members - spread of illness and parasites - and reduced reproductive potential.
Altruism
Disadvantages
Behavior
Communication
28. Baboons have a _______________ hierarchy. It is a ranking within a group where higher ranking individuals acquire more resources.
Learning.
Dominance
Sensorimotor
Drone
29. Continuous human female sexual receptivity may help ensure that the male remains to care for its young. It is noted that tribal systems of more than one husband or wife provide for ___________ survival and success of genes.
Sensorimotor
Communication
Territoriality
Greater
30. _____________ is the ultimate auditory communication. Nonhuman primates are limited to about 40 distinct vocalizations with limited meaning.
Learning.
Sociobiology
Language
Identical
31. _______________ is an action by a sender that influences the behavior of a receiver.
Concrete
Society
Communication
Solitary
32. The ______-______ hypothesis states that females chose mates on basis of traits that attract them to females.
Communication
Waggle
Harem
Run-away
33. Females who produce few eggs are selective about their mates; this is called Sexual ____________.
Selection
Waggle
Behavior
Advantages
34. ______________ rituals prepare sexes for mating; they allow recognition and help a female choose a mate.
Communication signals
Disadvantages
Advantages
Courtship