Homework 8

Question 1

2 phases of male reproductive behaviors

Answer 1

appetitive and consummatory

Question 2

region essential for male mating behavior

Answer 2

POA

Question 3

FALSE statement about female attractiveness
- female attractiveness also referred to as proceptive behavior
- attractiveness tends to coincide with receptivity in female’s cycle
- ovariwctomized females less attractive than intact females
- attractiveness is stimulus value of a female for a given male

Answer 3

female attractiveness also referred to as proceptive behavior

Question 4

during what part of vaginal estrous cycle will female rats become receptive to copulation
- proestrous
- diestrus
- metestrus
- estrus

Answer 4

proestrous

Question 5

coincident with human female ovulation there is a surge in
- LH, FSH, estradiol only
- LH, FSH, estradiol, progesterone
- LH, FSH only
- LH, estradiol only

Answer 5

LH, FSH, estradiol only

Question 6

length of estrous cycle in female lab rats

Answer 6

4-5 days

Question 7

male rat given pups daily for 10 days, acts “paternal”

Answer 7

concaveation

Question 8

among eutherian mammals offspring mobile shortly after birth are ____, young that are usually hairless when born are ____, and newborns carried by moms are ____

Answer 8

precocial; altricial; semi-precocial

Question 9

which of the following is NOT one of the 3 major components of rat maternal care?
- patrolling territorial borders
- licking
- keeping pups in nest
- adopting nuring position

Answer 9

patrolling territorial borders