LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ZOOLOGY

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2012

ZO 4808 – BEHAVIOURAL BIOLOGY

 

 

Date : 18-04-2012             Dept. No.                                        Max. : 100 Marks

Time : 1:00 – 4:00

 

Part A                                                 (Answer ALL)                                               10 x 2 = 20 Marks

1. Define ‘Cognition’.
2. Comment on ‘Mental images”.
3. Define “Ritualization”.
4. Define “Society”.
5. Write a note on ‘Motivation”
6. Mention the advantages of grouping.
7. What is called habituation?
8. Define “Innate behaviour”.
9. Mention any two phobias of human.
10. What is called adaptation?

 

Part B                                                 (Answer ANY FOUR)                                  4 x 10 = 40 Marks

11. Write an account on displacement behaviour.
12. Correlate languages and mental representation.
13. Write an account on “Environmental influences upon behaviour”.
14. Explain how conflicts facilitate decision making.
15. Enumerate points on evolution and behaviour.
16. Explain how nervous system controls behaviour.

 

Part C                                                (Answer ANY TWO)                                    2 x 20 = 40 Marks

17. Discuss social organisation in animals
18. Give an account on “Sensory process and perception”.
19. Explain the biological aspects of learning.
20. Form an essay on intelligence, tool use and culture.

 

 

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