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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






8. 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






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






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






11. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing






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






13. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






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






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






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






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






18. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






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






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






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






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






23. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






42. Animals secrete phermones






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






44. The major share of the response to the environment






45. Will prevail over a subordinate






46. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






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






48. 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'






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






50. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus