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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 2

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






2. 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






3. Dance of the honeybees - and also studied senses of fish






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






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Reproductive isolating mechanism - courtship or display behavior of a particular species allows an individual to identify a mate within its own species






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






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Prevent interbreeding between two different (but closely related / genetically compatible) species - four types: 1) behavioral isolation - 2) geographic isolation - 3) mechanical isolation - 4) isolation by season






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






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






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. Experiments that attempt to separate effects of heredity and environment - sibling mice separated at birth and placed with different parents or situations; later differences in aggression attributed to experience rather than genetics






29. 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






30. 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)






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. Ability to reproduce and pass on genes






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. Animals invest in the survival of not only their own genes but also the genes of their kin






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Bees dance to indicate food is far away