Test 1 Flashcards
behavioral endocrinology
scientific study of interaction between hormones and behavior
what influences what in behavior endocrinology
hormones can influence behavior and behavior can influence hormones
what is an example of a not good model system
humans, ethical issues, these studies are usually correlational
How did hormones affect Jose Canseco
He was a baseball player with amazing stats but admitted he used major steorid hormones, his arrest record was also very significant showing the possibility of the steroids affecting his behavior leading to his arrest record
behavior
the action carried out by effectors (often muscles) under control of the nervous (or endocrine) system in response to stimulus
what does sensory input lead to
integration and then motor output
where does integration occur
central nervous system
where does motor output occur
peripheral nervous system
Tinbergens 4 questions of behavior
Mechanistic
Developmental
Survival Value
Evolutionary/Phylogenetic
which of the questions are considered proximate
mechanistic
developmental
DM me for a proximate answer
which questions are considered ultimate
Survival Value
Evolutionary/Phylogenetic
sUe Tingergen
what makes something a proximate behavior
immediate
what makes something an ultimate behavior
longer lasting
mechanism
immediate causation, what stimulis elicts the behvaior and what physiologucal mechanims mediate the response
ex: neurons, hormones, stimulis that triggers a behavior to happen
ontogeny
development, how does the animals experience during growth and development influence the response? how did this behavior rise over time
adaptation
adaptive function, how does this behavior aid in survival and reproduction? why did the behavior evolve
phylogeny
evolution, what is the behavior evolutionary history?
example of phylogeny
we walk upright, evolved in an ancestor of all common humans
What causes male sonbirds to sing mechanistically?
becuase of high level of certain hormones
what causes male songbirds to song ontogeny
becuase they learned to sing from their fathers during a critical period of development
what causes male songbirds to sing phylogeny
becuase they evolved from a common ancestor that sang
T/F A hypothesis makes sense therefor it is correct
FALSE
What does science “do” to a hypohtesis
supports or disproves it DOES NOT PORVE
How are correlation and causation related
they are not, correlation does not equal causation