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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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1. The major share of the response to the environment






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






3. Will prevail over a subordinate






4. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus






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






6. 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






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






8. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






9. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






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






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






12. 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






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. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






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






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






26. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing






34. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






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






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






37. Triggered by irritation of the larynx






38. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






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






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






41. Animals secrete phermones






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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