Factors affecting behavior with focus on Vision and Pheromones
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What is the importance of visual organization in animal behavior?

  • Plays a major role in animal behavior (correct)
  • Acts as a warning system
  • Affects the stimulation of olfactory centers in the brain
  • Triggers development processes in animals
  • How do animals utilize pheromones for communication?

  • By exchanging them for food
  • By secreting them to mark their territory
  • By using them as vision enhancers
  • By causing specific reactions or influencing behavior in others (correct)
  • Which statement accurately describes the source of pheromones?

  • Only sourced from facial glands
  • All pheromones come from urine
  • Variation exists among species in terms of pheromone sources (correct)
  • Pheromones are synthesized by the brain
  • In what way does the periphery of the retina function as described in the text?

    <p>It serves as a warning system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary role of pheromones in animal behavior?

    <p>To trigger specific behavioral responses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which bodily movements can alter the fields of vision according to the text?

    <p>Movements of the eyeball and head</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of muskone, a chemical substance produced by the boar?

    <p>Causes sows to show mating posture more readily</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which hormone influences the secretion of gonadotropic hormones and is involved in determining metabolic rates and energy provision?

    <p>Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens in many species when animals are either hypothyroid or hyperthyroid?

    <p>Lengthening of the estrous cycle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which hormone causes the adrenal cortex to enlarge and is sometimes termed the adaptive hormone?

    <p>Adrenocortico-tropic hormone (ACTH)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary role of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) in both sexes?

    <p>Promotes gamete production</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which hormone secreted by the testes is responsible for typical male behavior?

    <p>Testosterone</p> Signup and view all the answers

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