Animals Tend to Revert from Newly Learned Habits to Their

question 26

Multiple Choice

Animals tend to revert from newly learned habits to their biologically predisposed behaviors. This is an example of

• A)latent learning.
• B)instinctive drift.
• C)the law of effect.
• D)spontaneous recovery.

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Definitions:

Blastocyst

A structure formed in the early development of mammals, consisting of an inner cell mass and an outer layer of trophoblast cells, which implants into the uterine wall.

Pronuclei

The nuclei of the sperm and egg before they fuse in fertilization, each containing a single set of chromosomes from the respective parent.

Diploid

Normal number of chromosomes (in humans, 46 chromosomes) in somatic cells.

Chromosomes

Long strands of DNA wrapped around proteins, located in the cell nucleus, which carry genetic information.