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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. Recovery of the conditioned response after extinction






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






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






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






6. Stimulus that elicits the behavior of fixed action patterns






7. Involves adaptive responses to the environment






8. 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






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






10. Will prevail over a subordinate






11. 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






12. 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'






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






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






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






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






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






18. Natural bodily rhythms of eating and satiation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Relatively unlikely to be modified by learning






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






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






30. The major share of the response to the environment






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






32. Triggered by irritation of the larynx






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. Submission display -ex: happy dog wagging tail






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Prevents overexpansion of the lungs during forceful breathing