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Title: Fixed action patterns have evolved to help animals cope with certain aspects of their environment ...
Post by: Kelsierae11 on Feb 26, 2018
Fixed action patterns have evolved to help animals cope with certain aspects of their environment which, throughout the animals' evolutionary history, have
 
  A) remained largely consistent.
  B) been associated with social interaction.
  C) been subjected to sudden changes.
  D) been subjected to catastrophic changes.



Question 2

Shock-elicited aggression in rats
 
  A) cannot be modified by experience.
  B) is a learned behavior pattern.
  C) is more likely to occur in rats that have been trained to be aggressive than those that have not.
  D) habituates very quickly with repeated shocks and is not variable.



Question 3

Which of the following is illustrated by a deer's tendency to run in a zigzag manner when being pursued by a predator?
 
  A) A fixed action pattern
  B) A reflex arc
  C) Both a and b are correct.
  D) Neither a nor b is correct.



Question 4

During the spring, an animal engages in a stereotypic dance sequence whenever it sees a female. The female is best described as a ______, while the dance sequence is a ______.
 
  A) sign stimulus; reflex response
  B) sensitizing stimulus; reflex response
  C) sign stimulus; fixed action pattern
  D) sensitizing stimulus; fixed action pattern



Question 5

Fixed action patterns are sometimes also called
 
  A) conditioned responses.
  B) reflex arcs.
  C) species-specific behaviors.
  D) flexion responses.



Question 6

The _____ stimulus for a male stickleback's aggressive actions is not the presence of the other male but the sight of its red underbelly.
 
  A) sign
  B) reflex
  C) conditioned
  D) modal


Title: Fixed action patterns have evolved to help animals cope with certain aspects of their environment ...
Post by: nadiahoque14 on Feb 26, 2018
(Answer to Q. 1)  A

(Answer to Q. 2)  C

(Answer to Q. 3)  A

(Answer to Q. 4)  C

(Answer to Q. 5)  C

(Answer to Q. 6)  A


Title: Fixed action patterns have evolved to help animals cope with certain aspects of their environment ...
Post by: Kelsierae11 on Feb 26, 2018
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