Chapter 10: PARENTAL BEHAVIOUR

Question 1

What is parturition ?

Answer 1

The act of giving birth

Question 2

What is one important example of maternal behavior?

Answer 2

-Nest-building

Question 3

What hormones play an important role in rodent nest-building behavior?

Answer 3

-prolactin and progesterone

Question 4

How do pregnant female rats behave with foster pups that are given to them during pregnancy?

Answer 4

• They do not immediately care for them

- However they will do so as soon as their own pups are born.

Question 5

What hormones influence female rodent’s responsiveness to her offspring ?

Answer 5

• ones that are present shortly before parturition

- progesterone, estradiol, prolactin

Question 6

According to the findings of Neuman, what do lesions of the MPA (medial preoptic area) result in ?

Answer 6

• disrupts both nest building and pup care

- however, female sexual behavior was unaffected by these lesions

Question 7

What do connections between AH and PAG play a role in?

Answer 7

defensive behavior and avoidance response

Question 8

What role of MPA did Numan find?

Answer 8

• inhibit activity of AH

- allows for habituation to odour of pups

Question 9

Medial amygdala in habituation to aversive odours?

Answer 9

-Lesions abolish the aversion of virgin females to pups

Question 9

Medial amygdala in habituation to aversive odours?

Answer 9

-Lesions abolish the aversion of virgin females to pups

Question 10

Medial preoptic area in habituation to aversive odours?

Answer 10

• activated by hormones and stimuli from pups

- inhibits the AH and PAG

Question 11

Nucleus accumbens in maternal behavior?

Answer 11

• DA released during maternal behavior

- Injection of DA antagonist disrupts maternal behavior

Question 12

Ventral pallidum in maternal behavior?

Answer 12

-inhibition of neural activity disrupts maternal behavior

Question 13

Medial preoptic area in maternal behavior?

Answer 13

-Lesions disrupt maternal behavior

Question 14

What does damage to connection between Medial Preoptic area and ventral tegmental area result in?

Answer 14

-disrupts maternal behavior

Question 15

Ventral tegmental area in maternal behavior?

Answer 15

-DA neurons activated during maternal behavior

Question 16

According to Bartels and Zeki findings, what happens when a human mother looks at pictures of their infants?

Answer 16

• Brain regions involved in reinforcement and those with oxytocin an vasopressin receptors showed increased activity.
• Regions involved with negative emotions, such as the amygdala showed decreased activity.

Question 16

According to Bartels and Zeki findings, what happens when a human mother looks at pictures of their infants?

Answer 16

• Brain regions involved in reinforcement and those with oxytocin an vasopressin receptors showed increased activity.
• Regions involved with negative emotions, such as the amygdala showed decreased activity.

Question 16

According to Bartels and Zeki findings, what happens when a human mother looks at pictures of their infants?

Answer 16

• Brain regions involved in reinforcement and those with oxytocin an vasopressin receptors showed increased activity.
• Regions involved with negative emotions, such as the amygdala showed decreased activity.

Question 16

According to Bartels and Zeki findings, what happens when a human mother looks at pictures of their infants?

Answer 16

• Brain regions involved in reinforcement and those with oxytocin an vasopressin receptors showed increased activity.
• Regions involved with negative emotions, such as the amygdala showed decreased activity.

Question 17

What can we say about paternal behaviour in voles of monogamous species?

Answer 17

-less pronounced in voles of monogamous species

Question 18

What happens when there are lesions to the MPA in terms of paternal behavior?

Answer 18

-abolish paternal behaviour in male rats

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Question 19

Do prolactin and oxytocin play a role in paternal behavior?

Answer 19

• YEs

- Facilitates a human fathers infant care