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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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1. The gradual elimination of conditioned responses in the absence of reinforcement






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






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






4. Complex reflex - learned motor pattern -ex: step on brakes when animal runs in front






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






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






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






8. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






9. Animals secrete phermones






10. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






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






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






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






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






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






16. Triggered by irritation of the larynx






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






18. 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






19. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






20. Will prevail over a subordinate






21. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






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






23. 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






24. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Test of conditioning is the determination of whether the condition process is actually necessary for the production of a response by a previously 'neutral stimulus'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The major share of the response to the environment






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






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






45. Ex: coughing and sneezing -operate on the exposure to chemical irritants - toxic vapors - or mechanical stimulation of the respiratory system






46. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






47. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing






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






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






50. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus