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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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1. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






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






3. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus






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






5. 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'






6. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






7. 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






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






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






10. Triggered by irritation of the larynx






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






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






13. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






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






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






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






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






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






34. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






44. Will prevail over a subordinate






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






46. Animals secrete phermones






47. The major share of the response to the environment






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






49. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing






50. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning