LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ZOOLOGY

TS 40

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

ZO 4808/ZO 4801 – BEHAVIOURAL BIOLOGY

 

 

 

Date & Time: 18/04/2007 / 9:00 – 12:00          Dept. No.                                                          Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

Part A                                                 (Answer all)                           10 X 2 = 20

1. Comment on ‘Instinct’
2. Differentiate innate and learned behaviour with an example
3. What is called ‘IQ’?
4. Differentiate cooperation and kinship with examples
5. Comment on chemoreceptors
6. How hormones bring about aggression?
7. Comment on ‘Depth perception’
8. List down the advantages of grouping
9. What is the scope of ethology?
10. Define ‘Motivation’

Part B                                                 (Answer any four)                             4 X 10 = 40

1. Write an account on single gene and behaviour
2. Write notes on displacement and ritualization behaviour in animals
3. Honey bees have most complex and complicated behaviour – Justify
4. Discuss briefly the development of behaviour
5. How environment prevails over animal behaviour? Explain
6. Write an account on sensory processes and perception

Part C                                                 (Answer any two)                              2 X 20 = 40

1. Explain the relationship between languages and mental representation
2. Write an essay on methods of studying animal behaviour
3. Give a comprehensive account on Intelligence, tool use and culture
4. Write an essay on decision making behaviour in animals

 

 

Go To Main Page