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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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






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






3. 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






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






5. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






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






7. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






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






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






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






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






12. Triggered by irritation of the larynx






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






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






15. Will prevail over a subordinate






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus






28. 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






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






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






31. The major share of the response to the environment






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






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






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






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






36. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






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






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. Animals secrete phermones






40. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing






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






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






43. 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'






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






45. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






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






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






48. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






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






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