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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 2

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1. Bees dance to indicate food is extremely nearby






2. Pigeons and bees have magnetic sensitivity - allows them to use earth`s magnetic forces as navigational cue






3. The pair up of possible dominant and recessive gene variations for each characteristic






4. Tinbergen - males develop red coloration on belly - which is the releasing stimulus for attacks; males attacked red-bellied crude models rather than the detailed but non-red models






5. Aka releasers or sign stimuli - Lorenz - continued by Tinbergen - elicits fixed action patterns from another individual in the same species






6. Pigeons can hear extremely low-frequency sounds (e.g. emitted by surf) that travel great distances as a navigational cue






7. Fertilized egg cell - two separate sets of 23 chromosomes (from each parent) come together for 23 pairs - diploid






8. Chemicals detected by vomeronasal organ - acts as messengers between animals - primitive form of communication - can transmit states such as fear or sexual receptiveness






9. Demonstrated the interaction between heredity and environment - bright rats performed better than dull only when both sets raised in normal conditions - both groups performed well in enriched environment (lots of food and activities) - both performed






10. Bees when sun is obscured by clouds - bees can use this navigational cue to infer sun positioning






11. Bees can see UV light - sees certain markers on flowers (honey guides) that people do not






12. Pigeons sensitive to pressure changes in altitude as navigational cue






13. Studied sea slug Aplysia - which have few - large - easily identifiable nerve cells (chose to study this for this reason) - learning and memory evidenced by changes in synapses and neural pathways






14. Bred 'maze bright' and 'maze full' rats to demonstrate heritability of behaviour






15. Bees dance to indicate food is far away






16. Made up of external characteristics (eye color - size - etc)






17. Behaviour that solely benefits another - imilar to group mentality - will help if benefit outweighs cost or expect to be repaid






18. Form of natural selection - not the fittest that win but those with greatest chance of being chosen as a mate (best fighters - most attractive - etc)






19. Basic unit of heredity - made of DNA molecules - organized in chromosomes - Human nucleus cells contains 23 pairs of chromosomes. Chromosomes in cells act as carriers for genes - and therefore for heredity






20. The study of animal behaviors - especially innate behaviors that occur in a natural habitat






21. Closely related to ethology - different species are compared in order to learn about their similarities and differences. Draw from animal studies to gain insight into human functioning






22. Made the concept of evolution scientifically plausible by asserting that natural selection was at its core






23. Learning happens through trial - error and accidental success - animals then act based on previous successes






24. Evolved form of deception - ex: harmless snakes may mimic coloration and pattern of more poisonous ones to escape predation






25. present in all normal members of a species - - stereotypic in form throughout members even for the first time - independent of learning or experience






26. Worked with chimpanzees and insight in problem solving - chimps could perceive the whole situation to create new solutions rather than by trial and error; chimps had to use tools or create props to retrieve rewards






27. Harlow - the isolated monkeys --> - the lack of interaction and socialization hampered social development - - once brought together with others - males did not display normal sexual functioning and females lacked maternal behaviours






28. Reproductive isolating mechanism - different species breed in different areas to prevent confusion or genetic mixing






29. Harlow - study of attachment. mother-infant attachment - -infants attach to mothers through comforting experience rather than through feeding - infants placed with two surrogate mothers (wire with feeding bottle - and terrycloth with no bottle); infa






30. Structural differences between sexes - arisen through both natural and sexual selections






31. Behaviours that precede sexual acts that lead to reproduction - to attract and isolate a mate






32. Navigate at night but do not use echolocation - like humans localize sound direction and distance by binaural cues (compare intensities - arrival times) - but better at determining elevation of sound source due to asymmetrical ears






33. Internal rhythms that keep animal in sync with environment; circadian - circannual - lunar - tidal rhythms






34. Researched development with rhesus monkeys in terms of social isolation - maternal stimulation - contact comfort - and learning to learn






35. Sperm or ovum - haploid (23 single chromosomes)






36. Lorenz - certain species (often birds) young attach to first moving object they see - displayed by a 'following response' - subjective to sensitive learning period - after that period this would not occur






37. Period in which a female is sexually receptive (usually used to describe non-human mammals)






38. Very few drones (male bees) produced - only for mating with queen - same mating areas used year after year even though no bee survives from one year to the next - unknown how they know to gather there






39. Some use map-and-compass navigation (landmarks and sun or stars) - some have true navigational abilities and can point toward their goal with no landmarks and from any position (e.g. captured birds eventually arrive at their usual goal anyway); birds






40. Only one queen bee - which produces a chemical that suppresses ovaries in all other female bees - constantly tended to and fed - lays thousands of eggs in the spring; when eggs mature - scouts finds new site for old queen and her workers - a new quee






41. Breeding within same family - evolutionary controls prevent this (e.g. swan facial markings of same family)






42. The total of all genetic material that an offspring received (23 pairs or 46 total chromosomes) - an individual'S complete genetic make up - include both dominant and recessive genes






43. The internal physiological changes that occur in an organism in response to a perceived threat (increase in HR or respiration)






44. How particular genotypes selected out or eliminated from a population over time






45. Founder of ethology - imprinting - animal aggression - releasing stimuli - fixed action patterns






46. Lorez - certain aggression necessary for survival of species - instinctual rather than learned






47. Behaviours that seem out of place - illogical - and no particular survival function (e.g. scratching your head while thinking)






48. Endogenous rhythms that revolve around a 24 hour time period






49. Contrived breeding - mates intentionally paired to increase chances of producing offspring with particular traits






50. Atmospheric pressure - infrasound - magnetic sense - sun compass - star compass - polarized light