Which Behavior Is Not Likely to Be a Fixed Action

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which behavior is not likely to be a fixed action pattern?

• A) A cat running into the kitchen whenever it hears the sound of the can opener
• B) A dog raising its hackles when it sees another dog
• C) A fish grabbing an insect hovering above the surface of the water
• D) A peacock spreading and shaking its tail feathers in the presence of a peahen

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Definitions:

Variances

Statistical measures of the dispersion of data points in a dataset, indicating how far each data point in the set is from the mean.

Portfolio

A portfolio of investment vehicles, including equities, fixed income, raw materials, money, and money-like assets, along with mutual funds and ETFs.

Covariance

A measure indicating the extent to which two variables change in tandem.

Variances

Statistical measures that represent the extent to which a set of numbers is spread out from their average value.