Reuben Has Three Cats at Home and Doesn't Want Another

question 49

Multiple Choice

Reuben has three cats at home and doesn't want another one.Still, on the way home from work, he stops to rescue a kitten from the highway.This is an example of ________ behavior.

• A) prosocial
• B) altruistic
• C) sociobiological
• D) self-interested

Assess the global impact of American policies and actions during the early years of the Cold War.

Understand the basic concepts and mechanisms of fisheries management.

Comprehend the role and implications of Total Allowable Catch (TAC) in fisheries sustainability.

Grasp the concepts and economic implications of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) in fisheries.

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Definitions:

Imprinting

Learning to make a particular response to only one type of animal or object.

Sexual Selection

Changes in males and females, often due to male competition and female selectivity, leading to increased fitness.

Natural Selection

Mechanism of evolutionary change caused by environmental selection of organisms most fit to reproduce; results in adaptation to the environment.

Fixed-Action Pattern

A fixed-action pattern is a sequence of unlearned, innate behaviors that is triggered by a specific stimulus and is carried to completion once started.