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CLEP Biology: Principles Of Behavior
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Answer 34 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Imprinting
Genetic
Society
Greater
2. 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
Concrete
Harem
Communication signals
3. 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
Run-away
Genetic
Territoriality
Drone
4. _________ _______ Patterns (FAPs) are always performed the same way and are elicited by a sign stimulus.
Fixed Action
Greater
Operant conditioning
Society
5. Behavior has ___________ basis and can evolve. Behavior evolves to adapt an individual to reproduce; also to capture resources and avoid predators.
Imprinting
Genetic
Identical
Society
6. _______________ is an application of evolutionary biology principles to the social behavior in animals.
Sociobiology
Fixed Action
Tactile
Genetic
7. __________ is an observable coordinated response to environmental stimuli. Mechanistic questions are answered by describing how an animal is biologically equipped to behave.
Behavior
Disadvantages
Selection
Society
8. Migratory __________ that are caged and prevented from migrating exhibit migratory restlessness.
Language
Bird
Territoriality
Dominance
9. ___________________ involves reinforcing a particular behavior to strengthen the relationship between a stimulus and a response.
Dominance
Fixed Action
Operant conditioning
Disadvantages
10. Some animals are largely ____________ and join with a member of the opposite sex only to reproduce.
Concrete
Solitary
Greater
Behavior
11. ___________ communication occurs when one animal touches another.
Genetic
Harem
Drone
Tactile
12. ______________ to living in a social group might include help to avoid predators - raise young - and find food.
Ovulation
Advantages
Operant conditioning
Society
13. _________________ - 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.
Fixed Action
Advantages
Communication
Imprinting
14. ___________ 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.
Fixed Action
Courtship
Altruism
Auditory
15. A ___________ is a chemical released to cause a predictable reaction of another member of the species.
Pheromone
Operant conditioning
Bird
Learning.
16. Fraternal twins in same family are often different; __________ twins reared apart are often similar.
Harem
Pheromone
Identical
Run-away
17. Females mate with dominant males when ______________ is near; dominant males protect all young.
Ovulation
Courtship
Fixed Action
Advantages
18. _________________ 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
Ovulation
Drone
Imprinting
19. ______________ to living in a social group include tension between members - spread of illness and parasites - and reduced reproductive potential.
Drone
Ovulation
Tactile
Disadvantages
20. ______________ rituals prepare sexes for mating; they allow recognition and help a female choose a mate.
Bird
Courtship
Echolocation.
Behavior
21. _______________ involves marking or defending a particular area against competitors.
Sociobiology
Courtship
Echolocation.
Territoriality
22. _______________ is an action by a sender that influences the behavior of a receiver.
Concrete
Communication
Courtship
Learning.
23. Stags compete for females to form a _____________--a group that mates only with him.
Tactile
Sociobiology
Fixed Action
Harem
24. In humans - Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget assigned four stages to child development. First - the ____________ stage (first two years) involves nonverbal hands-on learning.
Drone
Sensorimotor
Courtship
Society
25. The ______-______ hypothesis states that females chose mates on basis of traits that attract them to females.
Waggle
Behavior
Run-away
Altruism
26. Baboons have a _______________ hierarchy. It is a ranking within a group where higher ranking individuals acquire more resources.
Altruism
Language
Dominance
Behavior
27. _________ may decrease reproductive success while benefiting reproductive success of another member of group.
Pheromone
Imprinting
Altruism
Disadvantages
28. _____________ is the ultimate auditory communication. Nonhuman primates are limited to about 40 distinct vocalizations with limited meaning.
Language
Territoriality
Sensorimotor
Pheromone
29. Females who produce few eggs are selective about their mates; this is called Sexual ____________.
Run-away
Fixed Action
Auditory
Selection
30. __________ ______ chicks beg food from parents by pecking at parents' beaks; their accuracy improves with practice.
Communication
Greater
Operant conditioning
Laughing Gull
31. 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
Fixed Action
Harem
Disadvantages
32. 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.
Auditory
Echolocation.
Run-away
Concrete
33. ______________ is a durable change in behavior brought about by experience.
Learning.
Drone
Harem
Sensorimotor
34. ___________ members are organized in a cooperative manner extending beyond sexual or parental behavior.
Pheromone
Dominance
Bird
Society