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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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1. Trigger a reversible behavioral change in the recipient ex: sex attractant - alarm - toxic defensive






2. The major share of the response to the environment






3. Unconditioned stimulus is removed or was never sufficiently paired with the conditioned stimulus






4. Occur as a means of communication between members of a species






5. Triggered by irritation of the larynx






6. Consisting of threat displays and combat that settles disputes between individuals in population ex: dog growling






7. If the stimulus is no longer regularly applied - the response tends to recover over time






8. The ability of a conditioned organism to respond to stimuli that are similar but not identical - to the original conditioned stimulus






9. Specific time periods during an animal's early development when it is physiologically able to develop specific behavioral patterns






10. Includes providing food - light - or electrical stimulation of the brain's 'pleasure centers.'






11. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






12. Distributing members of the species so that environmental resources are not depleted in a small region - intraspecifc competition is reduced






13. Patterns of behavior that are established and maintained mainly by periodic situations -ex: response to a traffic light






14. Process in which environmental patterns or objects presented to a devleoping organism during a brief critical period in early life become accepted permanently as an element of their behavioral environment and included in an animal's behavioral respon






15. Members of most land-dwelling species defend a limited area or territory from intrusion by other members of the species






16. Composed of two different reflexes: the inflation and deflation reflexes






17. Involves conditioning an organism so that it will stop exhibiting a given behavior pattern






18. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






19. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






20. Animals secrete phermones






21. Substance secreted by animals that influence the behavior of other members of the same species






22. Controlled at the spinal chord -the reabsorption of water in this zone of the kidney - which permits the concentration of urine - dpeends on the permeability of the collecting tubules to water






23. Response is diminished and finally eliminated in the absence of reinforcement






24. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus






25. Involves stimulating the brain's pleasure centers with links the lack of pleasure






26. System of interactions of many neurons involving the startle response






27. Triggered by irritation of the wall of the nasal cavity






28. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






29. Involves the association of a normally autonomic or visceral response with an environmental stimulus -aka Conditioned Reflex






30. Involves the suppression of the normal startle responses to stimuli -repeated stimulation will results in decreased resonsiveness to that stimulus






31. Daily cycles that when isolated from the natural phases of light and dark - they'll continue with approximate day-to-day phasing -have both internal/external






32. Inhibits the expiratory center and stimulates the inspirator center when the lungs are in danger of collapsing






33. Specific behaviors found in all animals which involve the evolution of a variety of complex actions that function as signals in preparation for mating






34. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






35. Affect systemic blood pressure and stimulate the respiratory rate when blood pressure declines






36. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






37. Will prevail over a subordinate






38. Established after the organism has been conditioned - whereby stimuli further and further away from the original conditioned stimulus elicit responses with decreasing magnitued






39. The capacity of the nervous system - particularly the cebral cortex - for flexibility -correlated with the capacity for learning adaptive responses






40. Complex - coordinated - and innate behavior responses to specific patterns of stimulation in the environment -innate






41. Innate behavior that has evolved as a signal for communication between members of the same species






42. Produce long-term behavioral and physiological alterations in recipient animals ex: male mice may affect the estrous cycles of females






43. Social hierarchy -minimizes violent intraspecific aggressions by defining stable relationships among members of the group






44. Involves conditioning responses to stimuli with the Use of reward or reinforcement






45. Instinctual or innate behaviors that are predominant determinants of behavior patterns - and learning plays a relatively minor role in the modification of these predetermined behaviors






46. Involves the ability of th learning organism to respond differentially to slightly different stimuli






47. Alerts an animal to a significant stimulus -involves the interaction of reticular activating system






48. Include the elements of the environment that occur in familiar cyclic patterns






49. Involves neural integration at a higher level -ex: brainstem or even cerebrum






50. Stimulated by changes in pH - PCO2 - and PO2