Tinbergen Found That When Young Herring Gull Chicks Are Exposed

question 6

Multiple Choice

Tinbergen found that when young herring gull chicks are exposed to a painted stick with a red dot on the end, they give a pecking response. The chick's pecking response is an example of

• A) code breaking, where a fixed action pattern is exploited by another species.
• B) an instinctual response that is learned by watching other gulls get food from their parents.
• C) an adaptation that has likely evolved in response to low food availability in the environment.
• D) an innate behavior, which does not require previous experience with the cue to elicit the behavioral response.

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