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CLEP Biology: Principles Of Behavior

Subjects : clep, science, biology
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  • Answer 34 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In humans - Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget assigned four stages to child development. First - the ____________ stage (first two years) involves nonverbal hands-on learning.






2. ______________ rituals prepare sexes for mating; they allow recognition and help a female choose a mate.






3. _________ _______ Patterns (FAPs) are always performed the same way and are elicited by a sign stimulus.






4. _______________ is an application of evolutionary biology principles to the social behavior in animals.






5. Females who produce few eggs are selective about their mates; this is called Sexual ____________.






6. Baboons have a _______________ hierarchy. It is a ranking within a group where higher ranking individuals acquire more resources.






7. Fraternal twins in same family are often different; __________ twins reared apart are often similar.






8. Females mate with dominant males when ______________ is near; dominant males protect all young.






9. _________________ 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.






10. ___________ members are organized in a cooperative manner extending beyond sexual or parental behavior.






11. 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.






12. ___________________ involves reinforcing a particular behavior to strengthen the relationship between a stimulus and a response.






13. 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






14. _________________ - 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.






15. _________ may decrease reproductive success while benefiting reproductive success of another member of group.






16. ______________ is a durable change in behavior brought about by experience.






17. Stags compete for females to form a _____________--a group that mates only with him.






18. ___________ communication occurs when one animal touches another.






19. Some animals are largely ____________ and join with a member of the opposite sex only to reproduce.






20. ______________ to living in a social group include tension between members - spread of illness and parasites - and reduced reproductive potential.






21. 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.






22. Behavior has ___________ basis and can evolve. Behavior evolves to adapt an individual to reproduce; also to capture resources and avoid predators.






23. Migratory __________ that are caged and prevented from migrating exhibit migratory restlessness.






24. A ___________ is a chemical released to cause a predictable reaction of another member of the species.






25. __________ is an observable coordinated response to environmental stimuli. Mechanistic questions are answered by describing how an animal is biologically equipped to behave.






26. _______________ involves marking or defending a particular area against competitors.






27. ___________ 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.






28. _____________ is the ultimate auditory communication. Nonhuman primates are limited to about 40 distinct vocalizations with limited meaning.






29. 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.






30. ______________ to living in a social group might include help to avoid predators - raise young - and find food.






31. The ______-______ hypothesis states that females chose mates on basis of traits that attract them to females.






32. _______________ is an action by a sender that influences the behavior of a receiver.






33. 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.






34. __________ ______ chicks beg food from parents by pecking at parents' beaks; their accuracy improves with practice.