Bootcamp.com - Animal Behavior NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+\LATEST
UPDATE 2026
a ____ is an innate behavior that is initiated by a specific stimulus and once
initiated the behavior will almost always continue to completion (even when the
stimulus is removed during the behavior)
fixed action pattern
the stimulus that initiates a fixed action pattern may also be called a _____ or ______
stimuli
releaser; sign
fixed action patterns tend to ____ fitness because they generate predictable
responses to a stimulus, and because they are ______
increase; inherited/innate (they don't need to be learned by every subsequent
generation)
,_ __ is an innate way animals learn certain behaviors, and once this behavior is
acquired, it can never be forgotten
imprinting
imprinting can only occur during a very limited time of an animal's life, known as
the ______
critical period
______ behaviors _____ an animal's fitness because they allow animals to adapt to
unexpected events, creating behaviors that will be more advantageous the next
time that event occurs
learned; increase
the common forms of learning behaviors include: ______, ______, and ______
classical conditioning; operant conditioning; associative learning
_ __ involves learning to pair a neutral stimulus to an unconditioned stimulus
classical conditioning
_ __ stimuli do not elicit a physiological response
neutral
, _ __ stimuli do elicit a physiological response that is called an unconditioned
response
unconditioned (innate response)
in response to a conditioned stimuli there will be a ______
conditioned response
_ __ occurs when a conditioned organism responds to stimuli that is not identical
to the original conditioned stimulus
stimulus generalization
according to the stimulus generalization gradient, as a stimulus differs from the
original conditioned stimulus more and more, what happens to the conditioned
response?
as a stimulus differs from the original conditioned stimulus more and more,
the conditioned response will get smaller and smaller in magnitude
_ __ involves the ability of an animal to differentiate between a conditioned
stimuli, and other similar (but different) non-conditioned stimuli
stimulus discrimination
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+\LATEST
UPDATE 2026
a ____ is an innate behavior that is initiated by a specific stimulus and once
initiated the behavior will almost always continue to completion (even when the
stimulus is removed during the behavior)
fixed action pattern
the stimulus that initiates a fixed action pattern may also be called a _____ or ______
stimuli
releaser; sign
fixed action patterns tend to ____ fitness because they generate predictable
responses to a stimulus, and because they are ______
increase; inherited/innate (they don't need to be learned by every subsequent
generation)
,_ __ is an innate way animals learn certain behaviors, and once this behavior is
acquired, it can never be forgotten
imprinting
imprinting can only occur during a very limited time of an animal's life, known as
the ______
critical period
______ behaviors _____ an animal's fitness because they allow animals to adapt to
unexpected events, creating behaviors that will be more advantageous the next
time that event occurs
learned; increase
the common forms of learning behaviors include: ______, ______, and ______
classical conditioning; operant conditioning; associative learning
_ __ involves learning to pair a neutral stimulus to an unconditioned stimulus
classical conditioning
_ __ stimuli do not elicit a physiological response
neutral
, _ __ stimuli do elicit a physiological response that is called an unconditioned
response
unconditioned (innate response)
in response to a conditioned stimuli there will be a ______
conditioned response
_ __ occurs when a conditioned organism responds to stimuli that is not identical
to the original conditioned stimulus
stimulus generalization
according to the stimulus generalization gradient, as a stimulus differs from the
original conditioned stimulus more and more, what happens to the conditioned
response?
as a stimulus differs from the original conditioned stimulus more and more,
the conditioned response will get smaller and smaller in magnitude
_ __ involves the ability of an animal to differentiate between a conditioned
stimuli, and other similar (but different) non-conditioned stimuli
stimulus discrimination
