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Title: A student gives a cat she found to her friend, and her friend takes it home. The friend already has a dog. At first, the cat runs from the dog. Eventually, the cat stops running every time it sees the dog. Which type of learning is the cat


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  • A student gives a cat she found to her friend,
    and her friend takes it home. The friend already
    has a dog. At first, the cat runs from the dog.
    Eventually, the cat stops running every time it
    sees the dog. Which type of learning is the cat
    exhibiting?A. habituation
  • B. insight learning
  • C. operant conditioning
  • D. classical conditioning

2
  • Which is considered an innate behavior?A.
    horses ignoring passing cars on the road
  • B. baby geese following their mother
  • C. salmon swimming upstream to spawn
  • D. riding a bicycle

3
  • Each spring, the male emperor penguin does an
    elaborate dance. Why does the penguin most likely
    do this dance?A. to protect his mate
  • B. to attract female penguins
  • C. to condition young penguins
  • D. to establish himself as head penguin

4
  • Which of these behaviors observed in black bears
    is an innate behavior?A. hibernation
  • B. eating blueberries
  • C. raiding a dumpster
  • D. balancing a ball at the circus

5
  • A dog begins to drool every time its owner
    reaches for a dog treat. Which type of behavior
    is the dog exhibiting?A. habituation
  • B. insight learning
  • C. operant conditioning
  • D. classical conditioning

6
  • Greenhouses currently use sticky boards treated
    with natural sexual attractants as a method of
    pest control. What are these attractants
    called?A. insecticides
  • B. Perfumes
  • C. Pesticides
  • D. pheromones

7
  • Scientist Konrad Lorenz showed that as baby geese
    hatched, they would begin to follow any object
    that was of reasonable size and made a reasonable
    sound. Even though the object was not necessarily
    their mother, the baby geese would follow it for
    the rest of their lives. What type of behavior is
    this?A. conditioning
  • B. Habituation
  • C. Imitation
  • D. imprinting

8
  • Newborn puppies are able to find their mothers
    nipple to nurse even though their eyelids are
    sealed shut for approximately the first ten days
    of their lives. Which pattern of behavior is most
    likely being demonstrated?A. conditioned
  • B. Imprinting
  • C. innate
  • D. learning

9
  • Honey bees do an elaborate dance on the walls of
    the hive to let other bees know the location of a
    source of nectar. Which behavioral pattern is
    most likely being demonstrated by the bee
    dance?A. habituation
  • B. Imprinting
  • C. learned behavior
  • D. social behavior

10
  • Which statement best explains why a baby cuckoo
    bird pushes other unhatched eggs out of the
    nest?A. It is a learned behavior allowing the
    bird to get more food and space.
  • B. It is an innate behavior allowing the bird to
    have more space and food.
  • C. It is a learned behavior allowing the bird
    more time to learn how to fly.
  • D. It is an innate behavior allowing the bird
    more time to learn how to fly.
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