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Cyclic Activity & Systems Of Behavior Flashcards

1
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Is a field of science that examines periodic phenomena in living organisms and their adaptation to solar and lunar rhythms

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Chronobiology

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2
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Biologic rhythms (3)

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Diurnal
Natural
Crepuscular

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3
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Rhythms with different duration (6)

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Circadian
High frequency
Ultradian
Circatrigentian
Annual rhythm
Infradian

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4
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“Time giver”

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Zeitgebers

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5
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Factors that sets the rhythm

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Zeitgebers

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6
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Examples of zeitgebers

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Light
Barometric pressure
Drugs
Feeding

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7
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Phases of behavior (3)

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Appetitive
Consummatory
Refractory

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8
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Animals of a species tend to do the same thing at the same time

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Allelomimetic behavior

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9
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“Copy cat” behavior

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Allelomimetic behavior

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10
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Purpose of ingestive behavior:

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Energy attainment
Allelomimetic
Attention seeking

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11
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Factors affecting eating behavior (5)

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Taste
Temperature
Social facilitation
GIT factors
Estrogen level

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12
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Animal with the poorest sense of taste

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Chicken

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13
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Number of taste buds in chicken

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24

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14
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Number of taste buds in cat

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473

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15
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Factors responsible for sexual behavior (7)

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  1. Genetically determined sex
  2. Perinatal organizational action of hormones
  3. Adult activational action of hormone and anatomical sites
  4. Past social and sexual experience
  5. Attractiveness of potential mate
  6. External environment
  7. Central nervous system
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16
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Infertile cow with masculinized behavior and non-functioning ovaries

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Freemartin cow

17
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Abolishes estrous behavior in females and sexual behavior in males

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Ovariectomy and castration

18
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The more effective way in eliminating sexual behavior

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Prepubertal castration

19
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Any social behavior that involves fighting, thus it is a contest involving threats

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Agonistic behavior

20
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Care-giving

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Epimeletic

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Care-seeking

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Et-epimeletic

22
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Elimination of feces and urine, and the behaviors associated with elimination

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Eliminative behavior

23
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Rhythm w/ a duration of less than 30 minutes

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High frequency

24
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Rhythm w/ a duration more frequent than 24 hr

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Ultradian

25
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Rhythm with duration less frequent than 24 hr

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Infradian

26
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Rhythm w/a duration of 30 days

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Circatrigentian

27
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4 main and most frequent studied animal behavior

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Imprinting
Imitation
Instinct
Conditioning

28
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Difference between proceptive and receptive behavior

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Proceptive - female initiates the mating
Receptive - readiness of female animal in sexual behavior

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