49. Animal Behavior
Animal Behavior
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- Multiple ChoicePheasants do not feed their chicks. Immediately after hatching, a pheasant chick starts pecking at seeds and insects on the ground. How might a behavioral ecologist explain the ultimate cause of this behavior?1848views1rank
- Multiple ChoiceAnts carry dead ants out of an anthill and dump them on a "trash" pile. If a chemical from a dead ant is applied to a live ant, other ants will carry it, kicking and struggling, from the anthill, until the substance wears off. Which of the following explains this behavior?2222views
- Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is a fixed action pattern?2207views
- Multiple ChoiceWatching squirrels in the park, you start to wonder why they act so oddly. One squirrel bit the tail of another. Which of the following is a question about the proximate cause of this behavior?1540views
- Textbook Question
Which of the following is true of innate behaviors?
a. Their expression is only weakly influenced by genes.
b. They occur with or without environmental stimuli.
c. They are expressed in most individuals in a population.
d. They occur in invertebrates and some vertebrates but not mammals.
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Complete this map, which reviews the genetic and environmental components of animal behavior and their relationship to learning.
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What do proximate explanations of behavior focus on? a. how displays and other types of behavior have changed through time, or evolved b. the 'adaptive significance' of a behavior c. genetic, neurological, and hormonal mechanisms of behavior d. appropriate experimental methods when studying behavior
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According to Hamilton's rule,
a. Natural selection does not favor altruistic behavior that causes the death of the altruist.
b. Natural selection favors altruistic acts when the resulting benefit to the recipient, corrected for relatedness, exceeds the cost to the altruist.
c. Natural selection is more likely to favor altruistic behavior that benefits an offspring than altruistic behavior that benefits a sibling.
d. The effects of kin selection are larger than the effects of direct natural selection on individuals.
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