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The startle response is a system also known as what?
reticular activating system
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What is a fixed-action pattern?
- innate behavioral response to specific patterns of stimulation (releaser) in the environment.
- An example is the swimming action of fish
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Can circadian rythyms be modified by external factors?
- Yes, sleep patterns can be changed by dark and light
- Internal control of salivating while eating compared to external of being hungry when a clock rings
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The capacity for learning adaptive responses is closely correlated with what?
degree of neurologic development
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What is habituation?
decreased responsiveness to a repeated stimulation
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What is another name for classical conditioning and what is it?
- Pavlovian conditioning
- a conditioned reflex where a nuetral stimulus eventually elicits a conditioned response
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What is psuedoconditioning?
When someone thinks they're using a nuetral stimulus and it's really not
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What is operant or instrumental conditioning?
conditioning responses to stimuli with the use of reward or reinforcement
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Who is B.F. Skinner?
First demonstrated principles of operant or instrumental conditioning
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How does negative reinforcement compare to punishment?
- Negative reinforcement: When an action results in lack of a reward
- Punishment: When action results in punishment
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What is habit family hierarchy?
When there are many different results to a certain stimulus, an order is created on how we result to that stimulus based on past experience.
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How does stimulus generalization compare to stimulus discrimination?
- Stimulus generalization: response to similiar, but not identical stimulus
- Stimulus discrimination: response to identical or extremely close stimulus
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What is imprinting?
When a behavior is "stamped in" during a critical period, usually right after birth (Konrad Lorenz)
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What are the different types of behavioral displays?
Reproductive, agonistic, antagonistic
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What is the difference between pecking order and territoriality?
- Pecking order: a dominant memeber of the species will prevail over a subordinate one.
- Territoriality: distribution and defense of a piece of land
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What are the two types of pheromones and their purpose?
- Releaser: reversible behavioral change (mating, alarm, toxic defense)
- Primer: long term behavioral changes (estrous cycle in females)
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