A stimulus is an environmental event that is capable of affecting _____

a. A species to stay alive
*b. Behavior
c. Reproductive instincts
d. Aggression

Behavior is anything an organism does that can be _____

a. Predicted
*b. Measured
c. Observed
d. Recorded

Natural selection helps the _____ to adapt to change, not the living _____.

*a. Species/Individual
b. Individual/Species
c. Local Population/Individual
d. Species/Local Population

The chief problem with natural selection is that it is

a. Impossible to be test
b. Discriminatory
c. Too fast for the environment
*d. Slow

The fox-breeding study selectively mated foxes on the basis of

*a. Behavior
b. Color of coat
c. Size
d. Speed

An event an organism tends to avoid is called an

a. Avoider
*b. Aversive
c. Antagonist Event
d. Adversary

The color red is a _________ for aggression in the male stickleback

It is a RELEASER

Modal action patterns differ from reflexes in that ______

 MAPs involve the WHOLE/ENTIRE organism and are more complex and variable.

Sensitization involves an _______

INCREASE in the probability or intensity of a reflex response; habituation involves a DECREASE in its probability or intensity.

A reflex is a ______

relation/relationship between a specific event/stimulus and a simple behavior/response.

An abrupt change in a gene is called a ________

Mutation.  Those that occur in reproductive/germ cells may be transmitted to offspring.

Species change through natural ______

Selection.