1. Innate -- genetic
Learned -- acquired from the outside
2 a. Safety
b. Strongest will reproduce.
c. Allowing others to reproduce may permit
greater numbers of individuals.
d. Best traits will survive.
e. Decreased aggression may allow more mating
and thus more offspring
3 a. Two forms of the organism - for
reproductive purposes
b. What is the cost to the parent to do a certain behavior?
c. If the genes persist, they can be passed on.
4. Confusion -- predator doesn't know which individual to go after.
Fountain -- predator doesn't know which group to go after.
Dilution -- fewer of the "good eggs" will be eaten.
5 a. Conditioned
b. Imprinting
c. Latent
d. Habituation
e. Operant
f. Innate
g. Insight
6. Biologically, this has to do with reproduction and continuation of the species. Literally, any totally selfless act is altruistic.
7. Answers will vary.
8. Answers will vary.
9 a. All individuals know their place and how to act to conserve the species.
b. All individuals get along better and fewer die in internal strife.
c. The best will be selected if communication is true.
TO THINK ABOUT
1. Answers will vary.
2. The infant did not learn smiling by imitation.
3. Answers will vary.
4. Most likely, some event on the free range triggered a fixed action pattern.
5. Genetics
6. Imprinting (though a case could be made for classic conditioning)
7. Do the ants have cooperative care of the young, overlapping generations, and a division of labor?
8. Answers will vary. Watch for ways to diminish the animals' awareness of a non-natural setting.
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