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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. 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'






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






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






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






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






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






14. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






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






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






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






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






19. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus






20. Triggered by irritation of the larynx






21. Animals secrete phermones






22. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing






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






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






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






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






36. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






37. The major share of the response to the environment






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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