animal behavior

Communication is ____________.

• learned only
  
• accomplished only by mammals
  
• innate and learned
  
• innate only 

Both automatic responses and instinctive behaviors are indirectly controlled by __________.

• reflexes
• insight
• genes
• conscious thought
  

Which group of animals has the most complex learned behavior?

• birds
• mammals
• humans
• fish

Learning in which an animal uses previous experience to respond to a new situation is called ____________.

• trail-and error learning
  
• conditioning
• insight
• imprinting

Behavior that changes through practice or experience is called ___________.

• innate behavior
  
• instinct
• learned behavior
  
• habituation

Ivan Pavlov was the first to demonstrate __________.

• conditioning in dogs
  
• insight in dogs
  
• habituation in dogs
  
• trial-and-error in dogs
  

A behavior that mobilizes your body for greater activity is called __________.

• a reflex
  
• a fight-or-flight response
  
• an instinct
  
• aggression
  

A type of learning in which an animal receives a reward for making a particular response is called __________.

• habituation
• motivation
• imprinting
• trial-and-error learning 
  

A type of learning in which an animal, at a critical time of its life, forms a social attachment to another object is called ___________.

• imprinting
• motivation
• habituation 
• trial-and-error learning
  

The fights between animals of the same species are usually __________.

• to the death
• instinctive
• symbolic
• over food