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