Animal Psychology Advanced - Qp1

12 Questions | By Jacksonmatthews | Updated: Mar 14, 2022 | Attempts: 327

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1.

Ethology is the study of animal behaviour that seems to come naturally and appears to be pre-programmed into the animal despite its environment.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
2.

It is vital to separate our questions regarding animal behaviour into four distinct component parts, which includes: (Select three)
- A.
  
  Function
- B.
  
  Evolution
- C.
  
  Casualness
- D.
  
  Development
3.

Animals process information from their environment via networks of neurons or nerve cells, which transmit information to each other.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
4.

Invertebrate animals are similar in the makeup of their nervous systems.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
5.

______ contain pigments which fire when chemically altered by light.
- A.
  
  Sensory receptors
- B.
  
  Photoreceptors
- C.
  
  Chemoreception
6.

Tactile sensations can be propagated via hairs or by the deformation of skin neurons which is known as thermoreceptors.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
7.

Photoreceptors cells contain a pigment that is sensitive to light. Light reversibly changes the shape of the pigment molecules.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

Conditioned reflexes are developed during a longer period of time, after the repeated association of a fundamental stimulus with a conditioned stimulus.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
9.

Feedback control are those which ensure animals maintain a homestatic, or constant state.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
10.

The behaviour of animals is, essentially, the result of the function of nerves, muscles, sense organs and hormones.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
11.

The ______ is the loose skin present behind the animal’s neck.
- A.
  
  Surface
- B.
  
  Snuff
- C.
  
  Scruff
- D.
  
  Scab