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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






11. Animals secrete phermones






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






13. 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






14. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing






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






16. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






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






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






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






20. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






21. Will prevail over a subordinate






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






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






24. The major share of the response to the environment






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






26. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus






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






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






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






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






46. 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'






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






48. 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






49. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






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