#Question id: 3480
#Section 2: Evolution
Which of the following statements about learning and behavior is correct?
A) Operant conditioning involves associating a behavior with a reward or punishment.
B) Associative learning involves linking one stimulus with another.
C) Behavior can be modified by learning, but some apparent learning is due to maturation.
D) Imprinting is a learned behavior with an innate component acquired during a sensitive period.
#Question id: 12564
#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution
#Question id: 9213
#Section 2: Evolution
Suppose you attend a town meeting at which some experts tell the audience that they have performed a cost-benefit analysis of a proposed transit system that would probably reduce overall air pollution and fossil fuel consumption. The analysis, however, reveals that ticket prices will not cover the cost of operating the system when fuel, wages, and equipment are taken into account. As a biologist, you know that if ecosystem services had been included in the analysis, the experts might have arrived at a different answer. Why are ecosystem services rarely included in economic analyses?
#Question id: 16760
#Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution
#Question id: 10866
#Section 2: Evolution
A form of competition, found in desert shrubs and sponges, in which one organism releases a chemical into the environment that inhibits another, is referred to as