Animal Behavior

Mr. Anderson discusses animal behavior, starting with innate behaviors like instincts and reflexes, moving through fixed action patterns, imprinting, associative learning, trial and error learning, habituation, observational learning, and concluding with insight and intelligence. He provides examples from various species to illustrate these concepts, highlighting the continuum from simple to complex behaviors.

What is the term for the study of animal behavior?

• Ethology

• Ecology

• Ethnology

• Entomology

Which behavior is demonstrated by a graylag goose when it retrieves objects placed near its nest?

• Imprinting

• Fixed action pattern

• Associative learning

• Instinct

What is imprinting in animal behavior?

• A reflex action present from birth

• A behavior developed during a critical period

• A learned behavior acquired over time

• A response to repeated stimuli

Which experiment is associated with associative learning?

• Pavlov's dog experiment

• Lorenz's geese experiment

• Skinner's rat experiment

• Klein's crow vending machine

What is the process called when an animal learns to ignore a repeated stimulus?

• Observational learning

• Insight

• Habituation

• Trial and error

Which type of learning involves watching and mimicking another organism?

• Trial and error learning

• Associative learning

• Insight learning

• Observational learning

What is an example of insight in animal behavior?

• A chimpanzee stacking boxes to reach a banana

• A dog salivating at the sound of a bell

• A goose retrieving a billiard ball

• A crow using a vending machine