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the earliest component of the feeding sequence, in which the organism engages in non-directed locomotor behavior
-Form of appetitive behavior |
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| the second component of the feeding behavior sequence following general search, in which organisms engage in behavior focused on a particular location or stimulus that is indicative of the presence of food |
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the last component of the feeding behavior sequence, in which the organism handles and consumes the food
-Similar to consummatory behavior |
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| a progressive decrease in the vigor of elicited behavior that may occur with repeated presentations of the eliciting stimulus |
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| a neural mechanism activated by repetitions of a stimulus that reduces the magnitude of responses elicited by that stimulus |
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| a neuron in the spinal cord that transmits impulses from afferent (sensory) neurons to efferent (motor) neurons |
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| Modal Action Pattern (MAP) |
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a response pattern exhibited by most, if not all, members of a species in much the same way.
-used as basic units of behavior in ethological investigations of behavior |
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| neural structures consisting of the afferent (sensory) neurons, interneuron, and efferent (motor) neuron, that enable a stimulus to elicit a reflex response |
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| an increase in the vigor of elicited behavior that may result from repeated presentations of the eliciting stimulus or from exposure to strong extraneous stimulus |
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| a neural mechanism that increases the magnitude of responses elicited by a stimulus |
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| a temporary reduction in the sensitivity of sense organs caused by repeated or excessive stimulation |
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a specific feature of an object or animal that elicits a modal action pattern in another organism
aka- releasing stimulus |
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| recovery of a response produced by a period of rest after habituation or extinction |
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| the shortest neural pathway that connects the sense organs stimulated by an eliciting stimulus and the muscles involved in making the elicited response |
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| neural structures that determine the general level of responsiveness of the organism |
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| an artificially enlarged or exaggerated sign stimulus that elicits an unusually vigorous response |
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| a philosophy according to which human beings are born with innate ideas |
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| a philosophy according to which all ideas in the mind arise from experience |
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| behavior that occurs early in a natural behavior sequence and serves to bring the organism in contact with a releasing stimulus |
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| Learning ways of doing things rather than learning about specific events. Procedural learning is typically not governed by conscious controlled processes |
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| an enduring change in the mechanisms of behavior involving specific stimuli and/or responses that results from previous experience with similar stimuli and responses |
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| Declarative or Episodic Learning |
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| Learning about a specific event or fact, usually accessible to conciousness |
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| a connection or linkage between the representations of two events (two stimuli or a stimulus and a response) so that the occurrence of one of the events activates the representation of the other |
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| the view of behavior according to which actions can be seperated into two categories: voluntary behavior controlled by the mind, and involuntary behavior controlled by reflex mechanisms |
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| a temporary decrease in behavior caused by repeated or excessive use of the muscles involved in the behavior |
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| the philosophy proposed by Hobbes according to which the actions of organisms are determined entirely by the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain |
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| a change in behavior caused by physical or physiological development of the organism in the absence of experience with particular environmental events |
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| the philosophical position adopted by Pavlov that all behavioral and physiological processes are regulated by the nervous system |
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| a three-letter combination (two consonants seperated by a vowel) that has no meaning |
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| an organism's activities at a particular time |
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| a mechanism that enables a specific environmental event to elicit a specific response |
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| A Process/ Primary Process |
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| the first process that is elicited by a biologically significant stimulus |
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a neuron that transmits messages from sense organs to the central nervous system
aka- sensory neuron |
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| B Process/ Opponent Process |
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| a compensatory mechanism that occurs in response to the primary process elicited by biologically significant events -causes physiological and behavioral changes that are the opposite of those caused by the primary process |
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behavior that serves to bring a natural sequence of behavior to consummation or completion
-usually species-typical modal action patterns |
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| reduction in the effectiveness of a drug as a result of repeated use of the drug |
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a neuron that transmits impulses to muscles
aka- motor neuron |
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