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