Biologists Categorize the Cue That Stimulates Young Herring Gulls to Peck

question 50

Multiple Choice

Biologists categorize the cue that stimulates young herring gulls to peck as a sign stimulus because the pecking behavior ____.

• A) requires learning to perfect
• B) is a cue released by the baby gulls to their parents
• C) is triggered by presentation of the cue
• D) is only triggered by the cue if it is accompanied by species-specific behaviors
• E) appears both in the presence and absence of the cue

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