Question

Which of the following statements is true?


Ethologists believe that animal behavior is based on the environment.

Comparative behaviorists believe that animal behavior is based on instinct.

Today, most scientists believe that both nature and nurture are important in animal behavior.

Pavlov's dog experiment proved the nurturing concept over the nature concept in animal behavior.

Answer 1

A is face, B is false, and C is true, D is false. Pavlov's dogs proved in conditional learning and Ethologists. C is true as different types of animal behavior such as imprinting (ducks! (: ) are important and they learn from the enviroment such as operant conditioning

Answer 2

The optimality theory suggests that _____.


animal behavior is based on nature

animal behavior is based on nurturing

beneficial behaviors are passed on for generations

only a mutation can prevent weak behaviors from being passed on for generations

Answer 3

A. They use the enviroment to learn about their surroundings. For instance "spatial behavior" with digger wasps. http://o.quizlet.com/j69fyaVa82vhe53qhZImfQ_m.jpg

Answer 4

If you move the pinecones, the wasps will try to go to the center. They use the pinecone as "landmarks" and learn where their nest is