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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. Behavior has ___________ basis and can evolve. Behavior evolves to adapt an individual to reproduce; also to capture resources and avoid predators.
Greater
Genetic
Communication signals
Courtship
2. Migratory __________ that are caged and prevented from migrating exhibit migratory restlessness.
Dominance
Bird
Run-away
Sensorimotor
3. Females who produce few eggs are selective about their mates; this is called Sexual ____________.
Run-away
Courtship
Altruism
Selection
4. ___________________ involves reinforcing a particular behavior to strengthen the relationship between a stimulus and a response.
Territoriality
Genetic
Selection
Operant conditioning
5. Baboons have a _______________ hierarchy. It is a ranking within a group where higher ranking individuals acquire more resources.
Sensorimotor
Dominance
Communication
Tactile
6. ______________ to living in a social group might include help to avoid predators - raise young - and find food.
Run-away
Advantages
Behavior
Echolocation.
7. ______________ is a durable change in behavior brought about by experience.
Ovulation
Learning.
Run-away
Echolocation.
8. _________ may decrease reproductive success while benefiting reproductive success of another member of group.
Communication
Drone
Genetic
Altruism
9. A ___________ is a chemical released to cause a predictable reaction of another member of the species.
Communication
Auditory
Pheromone
Behavior
10. 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.
Pheromone
Run-away
Communication
Greater
11. 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.
Waggle
Disadvantages
Concrete
Imprinting
12. ______________ rituals prepare sexes for mating; they allow recognition and help a female choose a mate.
Courtship
Concrete
Territoriality
Sociobiology
13. ___________ members are organized in a cooperative manner extending beyond sexual or parental behavior.
Sensorimotor
Society
Communication signals
Communication
14. 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.
Sociobiology
Waggle
Communication
Identical
15. _____________ is the ultimate auditory communication. Nonhuman primates are limited to about 40 distinct vocalizations with limited meaning.
Language
Fixed Action
Genetic
Identical
16. _______________ is an application of evolutionary biology principles to the social behavior in animals.
Sociobiology
Fixed Action
Harem
Identical
17. In humans - Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget assigned four stages to child development. First - the ____________ stage (first two years) involves nonverbal hands-on learning.
Identical
Sensorimotor
Courtship
Society
18. ___________ communication occurs when one animal touches another.
Tactile
Fixed Action
Behavior
Learning.
19. ______________ to living in a social group include tension between members - spread of illness and parasites - and reduced reproductive potential.
Echolocation.
Disadvantages
Language
Society
20. 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.
Waggle
Drone
Disadvantages
Echolocation.
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
Drone
Waggle
Echolocation.
Dominance
22. _______________ involves marking or defending a particular area against competitors.
Echolocation.
Drone
Pheromone
Territoriality
23. The ______-______ hypothesis states that females chose mates on basis of traits that attract them to females.
Auditory
Solitary
Sensorimotor
Run-away
24. Some animals are largely ____________ and join with a member of the opposite sex only to reproduce.
Solitary
Tactile
Dominance
Concrete
25. Stags compete for females to form a _____________--a group that mates only with him.
Harem
Tactile
Echolocation.
Dominance
26. __________ ______ chicks beg food from parents by pecking at parents' beaks; their accuracy improves with practice.
Selection
Laughing Gull
Altruism
Solitary
27. _________________ 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
Communication signals
Bird
Territoriality
28. _________________ - 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.
Imprinting
Pheromone
Sociobiology
Concrete
29. Fraternal twins in same family are often different; __________ twins reared apart are often similar.
Identical
Tactile
Territoriality
Selection
30. __________ is an observable coordinated response to environmental stimuli. Mechanistic questions are answered by describing how an animal is biologically equipped to behave.
Genetic
Echolocation.
Altruism
Behavior
31. _________ _______ Patterns (FAPs) are always performed the same way and are elicited by a sign stimulus.
Imprinting
Fixed Action
Behavior
Courtship
32. Females mate with dominant males when ______________ is near; dominant males protect all young.
Sociobiology
Disadvantages
Courtship
Ovulation
33. _______________ is an action by a sender that influences the behavior of a receiver.
Identical
Ovulation
Communication
Concrete
34. ___________ 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.
Operant conditioning
Advantages
Run-away
Auditory