Behavior

What is the definition of behavior?

• animal's type of communication

• animal's main characteristcs

• animal's response to a stimulus

• animal's care of offspring

The study of animal behavior is ...

• biology

• ecology

• ethology

• behaviorology

Which is an example of innate behavior?

• pond ducks flocking to be fed

• bears leaning to catch a fish

• human babies speaking words

• birds chirping when hatched

Imprinting involves ...

• instinctive behavior

• learning

• none of these

Imprinting is always permanent

• True

• False

The behavior of some animals to attract other animals

• courtship

• showing off

• hibernation

• dating

Which behavior is genetically based and not linked to past experiences?

• innate behavior

• habituation

• operant conditioning

• classiccal conditioning

__________ behaviors result from an interaction between innate behaviors and past experiences

• genetic

• innate

• hunting

• learned

This type of innate behavior occurs when an animal carries out a specific set of actions, in sequence, in response to a stimulus.

• imprinting

• habituation

• fixed action pattern

• classical conditioning

A _________ is defined as a way an animal responds to a stimulus

• response

• attitude

• instinct

• behavior