Animal Behavior Ethology Quiz

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What is the study of animal behavior known as?

Ethology (correct)

Genetics

Interbreeding

Imprinting

Which type of behavioral sequence is highly stereotyped and species-characteristic?

Fixed action patterns (correct)

Conditioned reflex

Imprinting

Operant

What is the term for a learned response associated with something?

Conditioned reflex (correct)

Imprinting

Hormones

Autonomic

What is the term for the process by which a young animal comes to recognize another animal or object as a parent or object of habitual trust?

Imprinting Signup and view all the answers

Which type of behavior is performed without learning and couldn't be modified by learning?

Genetically determined behavior Signup and view all the answers

What did Lorenz discover about the courtship displays of different duck species?

Motor patterns of the courtship displays are inherited and different for each duck species Signup and view all the answers

Which type of behavior involves diminishing response to repeated stimuli?

Habituation Signup and view all the answers

What did the genetic studies of behavior examine?

Multi-gene behavior and single-gene behavior Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a genetically determined behavior that is performed without learning and couldn't be modified by learning?

Fixed action pattern Signup and view all the answers

Who discovered that motor patterns of the courtship displays are inherited in duck species?

Lorenz Signup and view all the answers

What type of behavior involves diminishing response to repeated stimuli?

Habituation Signup and view all the answers

What did the genetic studies of behavior examine in animals?

Single-gene behavior Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a learned response that has been associated with something?

Conditioned reflex Signup and view all the answers

Which chemical messengers influence the nervous system to regulate behaviors such as aggression, mating, and parenting?

Hormones Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of animal behavior known as?

Ethology Signup and view all the answers

What type of behavior involves an instinctive behavioral sequence that is highly stereotyped and species-characteristic?

Fixed action patterns Signup and view all the answers

Animal Behavior Ethology Quiz

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What is the study of animal behavior known as?

Which type of behavioral sequence is highly stereotyped and species-characteristic?

What is the term for a learned response associated with something?

What is the term for the process by which a young animal comes to recognize another animal or object as a parent or object of habitual trust?

Which type of behavior is performed without learning and couldn't be modified by learning?

What did Lorenz discover about the courtship displays of different duck species?

Which type of behavior involves diminishing response to repeated stimuli?

What did the genetic studies of behavior examine?

What is the term for a genetically determined behavior that is performed without learning and couldn't be modified by learning?

Who discovered that motor patterns of the courtship displays are inherited in duck species?

What type of behavior involves diminishing response to repeated stimuli?

What did the genetic studies of behavior examine in animals?

What is the term for a learned response that has been associated with something?

Which chemical messengers influence the nervous system to regulate behaviors such as aggression, mating, and parenting?

What is the study of animal behavior known as?

What type of behavior involves an instinctive behavioral sequence that is highly stereotyped and species-characteristic?

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