#Question id: 3480
#XL - T Zoology
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: 3483
#XL - T Zoology
Which of the following statements about evolution of behavior is correct?
A) Natural selection will favor behavior that enhances survival and reproduction.
B) An animal may show behavior that maximizes reproductive fitness.
C) If a behavior is less than optimal, it is not completely evolved but will eventually,become optimal.
#Question id: 3484
#XL - T Zoology
Modern behavioral concepts relate the cost of a behavior to its benefit. Under which relationship might a behavior be performed?
A) cost is greater than the benefit
B) cost is less than the benefit
C) cost is equal to the benefit
#Question id: 3485
#XL - T Zoology
Optimal foraging involves all of the following except
A) maximizing energy gained by the forager.
B) minimizing energy expended by the forager.
C) securing essential nutrients for the forager.
D) minimizing the risk of predation on the forager.
E) maximizing the population size of the forager
#Question id: 3486
#XL - T Zoology
Which of the following might affect the foraging behavior of an animal in the context of optimal foraging?
A) risk of predation
B) prey size
C) prey defenses
#Question id: 3487
#XL - T Zoology
Which of the following is true of innate behaviors?
A) Genes have very little influence on the expression of innate behaviors.
B) Innate behaviors tend to vary considerably among members of a population.
C) Innate behaviors are limited to invertebrate animals.
D) Innate behaviors are expressed in most individuals in a population across a wide range of environmental conditions.
E) Innate behaviors occur in invertebrates and some vertebrates but not in mammals.