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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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






2. Triggered by irritation of the larynx






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. 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'






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






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






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






16. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






17. Animals secrete phermones






18. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






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






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






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






22. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






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






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






25. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing






26. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






27. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






28. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus






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






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






31. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






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






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






34. 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






35. The major share of the response to the environment






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. Will prevail over a subordinate






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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