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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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






2. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






3. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






4. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Triggered by irritation of the larynx






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






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






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






18. The major share of the response to the environment






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. Animals secrete phermones






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






29. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






40. Will prevail over a subordinate






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






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






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






44. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






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






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






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






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






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