Animal Behavior

Question 1

Simple Reflex

Answer 1

Controlled at the spinal cord, connecting neuron pathway from the receptor to the motor

Question 2

Receptor

Answer 2

Afferent Neuron

Question 3

Motor

Answer 3

Efferent Neuron

Question 4

Reticular Activating System

Answer 4

Sleep-wake transitions and behavioral motivation

Question 5

Releaser

Answer 5

Stimulus that elicits the behavior

Question 6

Circadian Rhythms

Answer 6

Daily cycles of behavior

Question 7

Adaptive Responses

Answer 7

Learned behavior to the environment

Question 8

Neurological Development

Answer 8

Capacity of the nervous system, cerebral cortex, for flexibility and plasticity

Question 9

Habituation

Answer 9

Simplest learning patterns involving the suppression of the normal start response to stimuli

Question 10

Spontaneous Recovery

Answer 10

Stimulus is no longer regularly applied, the response tends to recover over time

Question 11

Classical Conditioning

Answer 11

Association of a normally autonomic or visceral response with an environmental stimulus

Question 12

Conditioned Reflex

Answer 12

Product of the conditioning experience

Question 13

Unconditioned Response

Answer 13

The response that is naturally elicited

Question 14

Positive Conditioning

Answer 14

Reward, Positive connection between the action and the reward

Question 15

Negative Reinforcement

Answer 15

Links a certain behavior to the removal of something unpleasant (seat belt alarm)

Question 16

Extinction

Answer 16

Gradual elimination of conditioned responses in the absence of reinforcement

Question 17

Stimulus Generalization

Answer 17

Ability of a conditioned organism to respond to stimuli that are similar but not identical

Question 18

Stimulus Discrimination

Answer 18

Ability of the learning organism to respond differentially to slightly different stimuli

Question 19

Imprinting

Answer 19

Patterns and objects presented to a developing organism during a brief critical period in early life accepted permanently

Question 20

Innate Behavior

Answer 20

Evolved as a signal for communication between members of the same species