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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 2

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






2. 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)






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. When animal replaces a trained or forced response with a natural or instinctive response Ex: a dog with the nature to bark at visitors thinking they are intruders might have been taught to sit quietly when a guest enters through reward and punishment






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






22. Ability to reproduce and pass on genes






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






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






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






26. The internal regulation of body to main equilibrium (decrease in HR after the perceived threat is no longer present)






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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)






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






44. 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






45. Bees dance to indicate food is far away






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






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






48. Bees dance to indicate food is extremely nearby






49. 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






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







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