Behaviour Quiz
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1. Which of the following is a named mating strategy in the specification?
- A. A mate for a breeding season
- B. A mate only during migration
- C. A mate chosen by parents
- D. A mate shared between species
2. A bird spends weeks feeding and defending its chicks, becoming more visible to predators as a result. Which concept does this best illustrate?
- A. Imprinting
- B. A risk of parental care to the parent
- C. Habituation
- D. Operant conditioning
3. A duckling follows the first moving object it sees shortly after hatching. Which behaviour type does this describe?
- A. Innate behaviour
- B. Habituation
- C. Imprinting
- D. Classical conditioning
4. A dog is trained with rewards to sit whenever it smells a particular chemical, so it can be used to detect drugs at an airport. Explain which type of behaviour this training relies on and describe how it works.
- A. Operant conditioning: the dog learns to associate the behaviour of sitting with receiving a reward, making it more likely to repeat that behaviour when it detects the scent
- B. Habituation: the dog learns to ignore the smell of drugs over time
- C. Innate behaviour: the dog is born knowing how to detect drugs without training
- D. Imprinting: the dog forms an attachment to the trainer during a critical period
5. Describe two different types of signal animals use to communicate, giving an example use for each.
- A. Sound (e.g. calls to attract a mate) and chemical (e.g. scent marks to mark territory)
- B. Sound and taste, both used only to find food
- C. Visual and thermal, both used only to detect predators
- D. Chemical and electrical, neither of which animals actually use