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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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






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






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






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






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






6. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus






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






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






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






17. 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'






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






19. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






20. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






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






22. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing






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






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






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






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






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






28. Triggered by irritation of the larynx






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






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






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






32. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






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






34. The major share of the response to the environment






35. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






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






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






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






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






40. Will prevail over a subordinate






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Animals secrete phermones






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






48. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






49. 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






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