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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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1. 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'






2. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






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






4. Will prevail over a subordinate






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






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






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






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






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






16. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






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






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






19. The major share of the response to the environment






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Animals secrete phermones






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






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus






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






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






37. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






47. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






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






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. 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