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GRE Psychology: Physiological/behavioral Neuroscience 2

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






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Bees dance to indicate food is extremely nearby






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






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