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Animal Behavior
Animal Behavior
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
07/02/2010

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simple reflex controlled at the...
Definition
spinal cord
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protective reflexes
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operate on exposure to chemical irritants of respiratory system
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baroreceptor reflexes
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affect systematic BP and stimulate respiratory rate when BP declines
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chemoreceptor reflex
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stimulated by changes in pH
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Hering Breuer reflex
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inflation and deflation reflex of lungs
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inflation reflex
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prevents overexpansion of lungs during forceful breathing
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fixed action patterns
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complex, coordinated, and innate behavioral responses to specific patterns of stimulation in the environment
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circadian rhythms
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daily cycles of behavior
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habituation
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repeated stimulation results in decrease in responsiveness
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classical conditioning (Pavlovian)
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association of a normally autonomic response with an environmental stimulus
(dogs, bell, salivation)
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unconditioned stimulus
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innate reflex (food for salivation)
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unconditioned response
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naturally elicited response (salivation)
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conditioned stimulus
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neutral stimulus (bell)
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operant conditioning
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conditioning responses to stimuli using a reward or reinforcement
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negative reinforcement
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rewarding a lack of a certain behavior
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extinction
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gradual elimination of conditioned responses
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spontaneous recovery
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recovery of conditioned response after extinction
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imprinting
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process in which environmental patterns or objects presented to a developing organism during a brief critical period in early life become accepted permanently as an element of their behavioral environment
-ex. duckling learns first large moving object is mother
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critical period
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specific time periods during an animal's development when it is physiologically able to develop specific behavioral patterns
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types of behavioral displays
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-reproductive
-agnostic
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agnostic displays
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-display of appeasement
-ex dog wagging its tail
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pecking order
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social hierarchy
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releaser pheromones
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-trigger a reversible behavioral change in the recipient
-sex attractant, alarm, and toxic defense
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primer pheromones
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-produce long term behvioral and physiological alteration in recipient
-some regulate role determination and reproductive capacities
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when an individual hears and responds to their name amidst distractions, this response is coordinated by
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reticular activating system
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