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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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1. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus






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






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






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






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






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






18. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






19. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






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






21. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






22. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






23. The major share of the response to the environment






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






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






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






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






28. Will prevail over a subordinate






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing






49. Animals secrete phermones






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