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Elicited Behaviors Flashcards

1
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What is elicited behavior?

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behavior that occurs in reaction to specific environmental stimuli

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What is another term used for elicited behavior?

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Unconditioned response

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What type of responses can elicited behavior have?

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Simple reflexes (eyeblink to air)
Complex behavior sequences (sexual behavior)
Complex emotional responses
Goal-directed behavior (drug seeking)

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What type of behavioral change does elicited behavior undergo?

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habituation and sensitization

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What is the simplest form of elicited behavior?

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Reflexive behavior

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What are the 2 requirements for a reflex?

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eliciting stimulus and corresponding response

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Does the response of a reflex often occur in the absence of the stimulus?

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No

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neurologically, what in included in a reflex arc?

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sensory neuron
interneuron
motor neuron

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What is the function for reflexes?

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crucial for survival (avoid pain, find food)

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What are reflexive responses patterns that are typical to a particular species?

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Modal Action Patterns (MAPs)

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How is modal action patterns different from a simple reflex?

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more complex reflexes, like courtship behaviors, sequence of behaviors

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Is it easier to identify the eliciting stimulus for a simple reflex or a modal action pattern?

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simple reflex, no precise stimulus provokes courtship

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Are MAPs species-specific or similar across species?

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species-specific

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What is an example of a species-specific MAPs?

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chick pecks a red patch near the lip of the parent’s bill, causing them to regurgitate food for them

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what is a sign stimulus?

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the specific stimulus that elicits a certain MAP response

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What is the sign stimulus for the MAP of the regurgitating bird?

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red patch on the parent’s beak

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What is a supranormal stimulus?

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exaggerated stimulus used to cause and extremely vigorous response

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What is an example of a supranormal stimulus?

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high sugar/fat foods cause humans to have higher rates of salivation and craving than normal foods

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How can identifying supranormal stimulus be useful?

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stimuli can be used to trigger certain responses

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What is the motivation for modla action patterns?

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needs (finding food, shelter, mate)

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What are the 2 phases of MAPs?

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Appetitive and consummatory

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what is the appetitive phase?

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means necessary to get to an end-situation

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What is the consummatory phase?

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what the animal actually does in the end-situation

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Which phase is flexible?

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Appetitive, consummatory is inflexible

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Which phase is species-typical?

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consummatory

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26
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Which phase is more variable and tend to be shaped by learning?

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Appetitive

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27
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What is a common assumption that is incorrect about simple reflexes?

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a simple reflex response will automatically occur the same way each time the eliciting stimulus is presented

28
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What did Descartes think about reflexes?

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They were automatic and invariant

29
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What do we know now about reflexes?

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They can be readily modified through experience

30
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How can reflexes be modified?

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through habituation and sensitization mechanisms

31
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What is habituation?

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reduced response to same stimulus

32
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Is habituation stimulus specific? Give an example

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yes, habituation to lemon, but like lime when u taste it right after

33
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What are the implications of the fact that habituation is stimulus specific?

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pleasure or interest will rebound if given a different stimulus
diversity promotes pleasure and interest

34
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what is the term that describes that diversity promotes pleasure and interest

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sensory specific satiety

35
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what is the effect on habituation when attention is diverted?

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habituation is diminished, eating while watching tv

36
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What happens when babies look at more complex/interesting stimuli vs simple ones?

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they have a longer attention span, stare more
initial sensitization, then habituation

37
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what is attentional bias?

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tendency to pay more attention to some stimuli over others

38
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does attentional bias apply to habituation or sensitization?

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sensitization

39
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what is an example of attentional bias

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addiction, people show attentional bias towards addiction-related stimuli

40
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what is a startle response

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defensive reaction to potential fear or actual attack

41
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does the startle response incite habituation?

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yes, short or long-term

42
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what happens to a startle response after a break time following habituation

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spontaneous recovery

43
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what is the elevated plus maze

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test that measures anxiety-like behavior
animals presented to open and closed spaces

44
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what do animals prefer in the elevated plus maze

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enclosed areas

45
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what has the elevated plus maze contributed to us

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help identify fear and anxiety reducing drugs

46
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what is sensitization

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same stimulus incites stronger response

47
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give an example of habituation vs sensitization with sound

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H: fire alarm, just the other building
S: repeating beep in room with noise, pay more and more attention to it

48
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what can influence sensitization

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arousal levels

49
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give example of how arousal levels affect sensitization

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getting tapped on shoulder in maxi vs dark alleyway

50
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what response can be used to measure the fear-potentiated startle effect

A

eyeblink response

51
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what is the result of a shock threat to judging the pleasantness of a picture

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shock threat caused sensitization, more blinking

52
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what are some other explanations for response decline to a same stimulus other than habituation

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sensory adaptation: sense organs temporarily disabled(blinding light)
response fatigue: muscles involved become incapacitated by fatigue (long exam, brain dead)

53
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are habituation and sensitization mutually exclusive

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no

54
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what is dual-process theory

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assumes different types of underlying neural processes are responsible for habituation and sensitization

55
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What is a situation where habituation and sensitization are usually observed

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drug addiction

56
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T or F: a drug can produce tolerance and sensitization but for different effects at the same time

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true

57
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what are the effects of chronic amphetamine

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Tolerance: euphoric and sympathomimetic effects
Sensitization: psychosis-like effects, hallucination, paranoia

58
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what are the effects of chronic caffeine

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T: wakefulness/arousal
S: motor and diuretic

59
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What is a hypothesis for why people increase drug intake

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tolerance to euphoric and pleasurable effects

60
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what results of growing levels of tolerance

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dependence

61
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in dependence, what happens in the absence of the drug

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withdrawal symptoms

62
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what is possibly the cause of excessive/incessant craving and relapse of drugs

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sensitization of wanting/reward pathways

63
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what is the opponent process theory of motivation

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a primary reaction is followed by an opposite counter-reaction
1° reaction habituated with repeated stimulus
counter reaction strengthens with repitition

64
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what is the core principle in opponent process theory of motivation

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homeostatic, stability of system

65
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with repetition, what will happen to the b process

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start earlier (anticipate)
can be conditioned and learned
can outlast a, resulting in stronger opponent response

66
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how does the opponent process theory of motivation apply to drugs

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if drug raises heart rate, opponent process reduces it, danger of withdrawl!!
also, always want more because opponent reaction reduces effects

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