AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Animals that wrestle together and practice hunting skills learn which method?
A
habituation
B
insight learning
C
operant conditioning
D
playing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -hunting, sport that involves the seeking, pursuing, and killing of wild animals and birds, called game and game birds, primarily in modern times with firearms but also with bow and arrow.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some of the most common hunting methods that are used include: still hunting, stalking, driving, stand hunting, calling, baiting, hunting with dogs and falconry.

Detailed explanation-3: -For example, wolves and other predatory animals that hunt in packs learn hunting skills through observational learning. Young animals observe and copy the behavior of older animals when they hunt together. Another example of observational learning involves Japanese macaques (a species of monkey shown in Figure below).

Detailed explanation-4: -Hunting in groups involves two main actions: chasing and escaping. The group chasing and escaping process depends crucially on the differences in the number of predators to prey. The simplest possible case among them is the interaction of one chaser and one target [2].

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