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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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






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






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






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






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






6. The major share of the response to the environment






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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'






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






33. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






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






35. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






36. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






37. 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






38. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing






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






40. Animals secrete phermones






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






42. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






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






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






45. Triggered by irritation of the larynx






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






47. 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






48. Will prevail over a subordinate






49. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






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