L2:
1. What is the main purpose of the lecture?
To illustrate patterns of animal behavior
To explain why reductionism has replaced holism as a scientific method
To explain the origins and development of holism
To explain the difference between holism and reductionism
2. According to the professor, what assumption might a reductionist make when analyzing ant colonies?
Each ant colony as a single entity acts in its own interest
The colony’s behavior can be understood by analyzing individual ants’ behavior
Small ant colonies are more efficient than large ones
Individual ants know how much food the colony needs
3. What does the professor say about the way the ant communicates the location of food to one another?
It is an example of how reductionists predict group behavior.
It is a type of behavior that reductionists tend to ignore.
It is an example of a behavior that supports only the holistic approach.
It is a behavior that scientists have not observed in other insect species.
4. What does the professor imply about collective intelligence?
It is an important factor in the reductionist analysis of ant colonies
It is an important factor in ant survival.
It is a phenomenon that occurs in few animal species.
It is a phenomenon that is well understood with regard to ant colonies.
5. What misconception about ants does the professor believe the students might have?
Ants must live in a colony to survive.
Ants have no way to communicate with one another.
The queen is the leader of the colony.
The task performed by an ant does not vary during its lifetime.
6. What ant behavior does the professor mention that supports the holistic approach?
Ants from one colony find food in a different colony.
Ants imitate the behavior of the leader in the colony.
Ants switch from taking care of the nest to food-gathering.
Ants work together to protect the queen