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1
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Reflex

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A particular behaviour triggered by a particular event.
Reflex = Event + Behaviour

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Reflex

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A particular behaviour triggered by a particular event.
Reflex = Event + Behaviour

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Modal Action Pattern (MAP)

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aka fixed action pattern or species-specific behaviour.

A series of actions found in most members of a species. Low variability

MAP = Releaser + Serial behaviour

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Releaser

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The event that triggers a modal/fixed action pattern

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General behaviour traits

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The tendency to engage in a certain type of behaviour. Great variety and no releasers.

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A reflex is a ______ between a ______ and a simple ______.

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relation
stimulus
behaviour/response

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7
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Modal action patterns differ from reflexes in that MAPs involve the ______ organism and are more ______ and ______.

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entire
complex
variable

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The chief problem with natural selection is that it is ______.

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slow

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Natural selection helps the ______ to adapt to change, not the ______.

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species
individual

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Behaviour is anything an organism does that can be ______.

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measured

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Learning

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a change in behaviour due to a change in experience

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Behaviour

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anything an individual does that can be measured

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Experience

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the environment

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Stimuli

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physical changes in the environment

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A stimulus is an environmental event that is capable of affecting ______.

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behaviour

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Habituation

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the reduced intensity or probability of reflex response because of repeatedly evoking the response

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17
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Kuo’s experiment showed that whether cats killed rats depended on whether they saw ________.

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their mother’s kill rats

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reticent

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controlled, restrained

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Cumulative record

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The measure of behaviour using a pen moving across a sheet of paper. The higher the slope, the higher the rate of behaviour.

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If the rate of behaviour is increasing, the slope of the cumulative record ______. A flat record indicates that the behaviour is ______.

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increases
not occuring

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Fluency

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Number of correct responses per minute

22
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Anecdotes

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Reports of personal experience.
Less specific

23
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Case studies

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Examination of a particular individual with great detail.
Require time and result in generalization.

24
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The chief difference between anecdotal and case study evidence is that anecdotal evidence is based on casual ______, whereas case studies ______.

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observation
examine an individual in detail

25
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Descriptive study

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Attempt to describe a group by collecting member data.
Reduced risk of unrepresented participants and false conclusion
Suggest hypothesis but do not test it.

26
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Experimental study

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measure the effect of manipulating variables

27
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Independent variable

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The experimental variable manipulated by researchers

28
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Dependent variable

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The experimental variable affected by the independent and measured

29
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The essential element of a between-subjects design is that the independent variable varies ______ participants.

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across

30
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Between-subjects experiments

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2+ groups of participants have a varied independent variable between them.
e.g., experimental group, control group

31
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Experimental group

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The group of participants exposed to the independent variable

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Control group

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The group not exposed to the independent variable

33
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Matched sampling

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Offsets pre-treatment differences in a experimental group by matching participants with identical features and assigning each to the experimental/control group at random

34
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Within-subject experiment

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experimental design where a participant’s pre-treatment and post-treatment behaviour is measured.

35
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Baseline period

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the pre-treatment measurement of behaviour in a within-subject experiment

36
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ABA reversal design

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used in within-subject experiments to rule out extraneous variables.

The experiment is repeated; participant is sent back to baseline and repeats the experiment.

37
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The essential element of a within-subject design is that the independent variable varies ______ participants.

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within

38
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One advantage of animal research is that it provides better control of ______ and ______.

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hereditary/genetics
learning history/ previous learning

39
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The beneficiaries of behavioural research with animals include both ______ and ______.

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humans
animals

40
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Aversive

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stimuli avoided when given the option; re: animal experiments

41
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Computer ______ cannot replace animal research because they are programmed based on findings from animal research.

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simulations

42
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Learning is a ______ in ______ due to ______.

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change
behaviour
experience

43
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The human fondness for sugar and ______ illustrates that behavior that has survival value at one time may be harmful at another time.

A

fat

44
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The sight of a chick with an open mouth reliably results in an adult bird
providing food. The chick’s open mouth is an example of a ______.

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modal action pattern

45
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Evolution is the product of ______ and ______.

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natural selection
time

46
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A reflex is a ______ between a specific ______ and a simple response.

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relationship
experience

47
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One example of a general behaviour trait is ______.

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chick’s open mouth = adult feeding

48
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______ is a reduction in the intensity or probability of a reflex
response due to repeated exposure to a stimulus that elicits that response

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Habituation

49
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Learning can be thought of as evolved ______.

A

behaviour

50
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The chief limitation of natural selection as a mechanism for coping with
change is that it is ______.

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slow

51
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Darwin likened natural selection to the ______ of animals.

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selective breeding

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