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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 2

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






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






3. Only the fit survive - at the heart of evolution- it explains the evolution or genetic development of various species over time and explains the concept of genetic drift - favors inclusive fitness over individual fitness






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






5. Reproductive isolating mechanism - different species have incompatible genital structures






6. Pigeons and bees can compensate for daily solar movements for navigational cue






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






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






9. Founder of modern ethology - models in naturalistic settings - stickleback fish and herring gull chicks






10. 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






11. Scouting bees look for food and nesting sites; can use landmarks as simple location cues - also sun - polarized light - and magnetic fields as aids






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






13. Lorenz - triggered by releasing stimuli - automatic and innate - instinctual - complex chains of behaviour; four defining characteristics: 1) uniform patterns - 2) performed by most members - 3) more complex than simple reflexes - 4) cannot be interr






14. Most sophisticated type of perception - generally replaces sight - marine mammals (dolphin) and bats - - emit high-frequency sounds and locate nearby objects from the echo; bats can fly through grids of thin nylon strings and can locate and eat small






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






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






17. Instrumental learning in animals -- led to law of effect that successful behaviours are likelier to be repeated; cats in puzzle boxes: eventually accidentally press escape door lever and be free - later the cat activates lever right away






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. coined 'fight or flight' - proposed idea homeostasis






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






26. how one looks and sometimes acts - partially determined by heredity or genotype - but can also be influence by environment






27. Reproductive isolating mechanism - potentially compatible species mate during different seasons






28. 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






29. Bees dance to indicate food is far away






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






31. E.g. rodents reared in isolation perform instinctual nest-building but much less efficient and successful than those exposed to learning opportunities






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






33. dominant gene always beat out recessive gene - recessive gene is not manifested unless it is paired with another recessive gene - combination of dominant and recessive genes determines what he/she looks like






34. 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






35. 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






36. Harlow - monkeys became better at learning tasks as they acquired different learning experiences - eventually learned after only one trial






37. 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






38. Von Frisch - once a scouting bee locates a promising food source - returns to hive and conveys the location through movements; round or waggle dance - the longer the dance the farther the food - the more vigorous display the better food; performed on






39. Tinbergen - peck at end of parents' bills which have a red spot on the tip - parents then regurgitates food for chicks; chicks pecked more at a red-tipped model bill than at a plain model bill; the greater the contrast between bill and red spot even






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






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






42. 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)






43. 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






44. Birds - many birds can use star patterns and movements as navigational cue






45. Bees dance to indicate food is extremely nearby






46. Tinbergen - artificial stimuli that exaggerate naturally occurring sign stimulus or releaser - more effective than natural






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






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






49. Times when a developing animal is particularly vulnerable to the effect of learning (e.g. birds learning their species' song - if reared in isolation cannot develop normal song later. and imprinting)






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