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PCAT Biology Animal Behavior

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1. Will prevail over a subordinate






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






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






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






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






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






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. Animals secrete phermones






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






15. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Rapid automatic response to a stimulus






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






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






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






27. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






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






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






30. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






31. Triggered by irritation of the larynx






32. The major share of the response to the environment






33. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






34. 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'






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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