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PSY 314 - Comparative Behavior
Test 4
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
02/26/2009

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When Spring begins/daylight increases,
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migration begins.
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Migration increases hormones that trigger what?
Definition
Courtship & Territory
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When the fowl finds mate and territory, what kind of hormones are increasing?
Definition
Hormones for Nest Building.
Term
After the fowl builds her nest, she begins what?
Definition
Egg laying.
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How can entrainment affect a migratory water fowl?
Definition
Increase/decreases gonad size.
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Entrainment can turn animals' migration around in how many weeks?
Definition
3 weeks.
Term
How long after Entrainment do the effects on migration last?
Definition
2-3 weeks.
Term
Changes in cycle due to hormone injections last how long?
Definition
Only a day or so/until hormone is metabolized.
Term
Artificial hormone injections are only effective in what case? Who studied this?
Definition
If there is a rhythmic pattern in the hormone releasing.
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When eggs accumulate, what 3 things occur?
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1) Stimulate brood patch, 2) Decrease likelihood of further eggs, 3) Increase of setting behavior
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Sounds from eggs and newly hatched chicks cause what two things to occur?
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1) Decrease setting hormones, 2) Increase brooding hormones
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If we add eggs that are almost ready to hatch to a setting hen's nest, what will occur?
Definition
She will stop setting when the first begin to hatch, although her own are thus sacrificed.
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Circadian Rhythms = __ hour days.
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25.
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Suprachiasmatic nucleus is responsible for what?
Definition
Re-setting the internal clock.
Term
What are 4 things that
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1) Super
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What are 6 adaptations of the eye?
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1)Cones
2)Rods
3)Eye positioning
4)Large eyes-->large pupils
5)Specialized eye lids
6)Reflective membranes
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What are 3 aspects of Range of Vision?
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1)Infrared
2)Ultraviolet
3)Phase of polarization
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What animals have infrared vision?
Definition
Pit vipers
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__ % of incoming stimulation in Man is from vision?
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50%
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What is the fovea?
Definition
Heavy cone (COLOR VISION)
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What does peripheral vision mean?
Definition
There are more rods, enabling you to see dimmer objects.
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What is the result of having frontal positioned eyes?
Definition
Depth perception
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What are 3 structural hearing adaptations?
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1) Size of receiver, 2) Mobile ears, 3) Brain development
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Sound travels ___ times faster in air than underwater.
Definition
10 times.
Term
What 3 animals have ultrasound sensitivity?
Definition
1) Dogs, 2) Bats, 3) Dolphins
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(T/F) All bats use echo location.
Definition
False.
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What are 2 features of bats that use echo location?
Definition
1) Large ears, 2) Enlarged nasal agon (for sound production)
Term
Bats navigate better through signs or sounds?
Definition
Sounds.
Term
Where do Vampire Bats exist?
Definition
Central America
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Vampire bats give what advantage to humans?
Definition
Anti-coagulant to kill rabies.
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Bats have _____ brains, but ______ auditory area.
Definition
small; large
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Dolphins hold a territory up to ____.
Definition
40 meters squared. (40m^2)
Term
What is the range of dolphin vocal play?
Definition
Within human range + ultrasound.
Term
Dolphins have ______-sized brains.
Definition
large. (including auditory cortex)
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What are 6 uses of smell?
Definition
1) Individual identity, 2) Attachment to young, 3)Prey, 4) Sexual attraction/pheramones, 5) Homing/imprinting on natal pool, 6)Territorial marking
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What 3 ways do deer use smell?
Definition
1) Individual identity
2) Attachment to young
3) Sexual attraction
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What use of smell is unique to salmon?
Definition
Homing / Imprinting on natal pool
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What 2 animals use sense of smell to attract mates?
Definition
1) Deer, 2) Moth
Term
What type of relationships use sense of smell in attachment behavior?
Definition
1) Mother-infant, 2) Male-female
Term
What type of Touch-Cutaneous stimulation is there in Rats?
Definition
Vibriase-cortical areas.
Term
What type of Touch-Cutaneous Stimulation exists in Fish?
Definition
Lateral lines.
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What species uses sense of Touch in development of attachment/security?
Definition
Primates, including man.
Term
What are 2 types of exotic senses?
Definition
Migratory and homing birds.
Term
What are 4 factors of migratory and homing birds' exotic sense?
Definition
1)Solar compass, 2)Stellar compass, 3)Barometric pressure, 4)Earth's magnetic field
Term
What 2 animals have bioelectric sensitivity?
Definition
1) Eels, 2) Hammerhead sharks
Term
Where are the Red Knots found?
Definition
South America, Artic
Term
Red Knots may lose __% of body weight during continental drift.
Definition
50%
Term
What do the Red Knots rely on what animal for food?
Definition
Horseshoe crab eggs.
Term
What are 3 response to the lack of food in bad season?
Definition
1) Hole up, 2) Tough it out, 3) Migration
Term
What are the differences between land animals vs. animals that can fly or swim?
Definition
Few land animals go long distances.
Animals that can fly or swim travel much longer distances.
Term
What are the differences between land animals vs. animals that can fly or swim?
Definition
Few land animals go long distances.
Animals that can fly or swim travel much longer distances.
Term
Where are Atlantic Eels located?
Definition
New England streams, Saragasso Sea in Carribean
(back to N. America & Europe)
Term
Young Atlantic eels can ride tides inland for __ to __ years.
Definition
2 - 3 years.
Term
Bees travel at what rate?
Definition
50 meters / wag.
Term
Bees have a _______ eye.
Definition
compound
Term
What 4 events occur in Monarch Butterflies in fall?
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1)Decreased daylight + 2)Decreased temperature, 3) Failure to breed + 4)Migration
Term
Monarch butterflies migrate to ______, _____ of Rocky's, or _____, _____ of Rocky's.
Definition
California, West; Mexico, East
Term
Uniform cool climates prevent mating which causes what?
Definition
Prolonged life.
Term
Monarch butterflies do not eat from ______ to _____.
Definition
Term
When do Monarch butterflies mate?
Definition
March
Term
What form of food do Monarch butterflies follow?
Definition
Milkweed
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Monarch butterflies die in North __ to __ generations later.
Definition
2 to 3 generations
Term
Up to ___ million bats travel from _____ to ________ _____ in _____.
Definition
Term
Each bat travels up to ___ miles a night.
Definition
125 mi/night
Term
(T/F) Bats never go back to same roosting site.
Definition
False.
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Trumpeter Swans are found in _________.
Definition
US Midwest
Term
Trumpeter Swans have not migrated in _____ years because of ____________.
Definition
100; human feeding
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___% of the Trumpeter Swans migrated when populations established in Minnesota.
Definition
50%
Term
What are 4 forces that lead to migration?
Definition
1) Insects, 2) Food, 3) Weather, 4) Geological changes
Term
What are 2 types of geological changes that cause migration?
Definition
1)Continental drift, 2)Glaciation & weather changing patterns
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What 2 types of animals migrate due to continental drift?
Definition
1)Green Sea Turtle, 2)Atlantic eel
Term
What animal migrates due to glaciation?
Definition
Monarch butterfiles
Term
What 2 types of animals migrate locally?
Definition
Land animals
1)Deer, 2)Elk
Term
What 2 types of animals migrate on a large scale?
Definition
1)Caribou, 2)Wilderbeast
Term
What are 4 ways following birds in migration?
Definition
1)Net & tag, 2)Radio tellemetry, 3)Radar, 4)Plane
Term
What are 5 types of migration experiments?
Definition
1)Perch orientation
2)Entrainment/release
3)Contact lenses
4)Magnets around head
5)False movement of planetarium skies
Term
When to Brook Trout spawn?
Definition
Fall - ALL Salmon do
Term
What causes Brook Trout to spawn?
Definition
Water temperature related to day and night.
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What are 4 Male physical changes in Brook Trout?
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1)Concave, 2)Fierce looking, 3) Color spots, 4) Body brightens
Term
What is a Brook Trout females physical change?
Definition
Egg pouch, abdomen swells.
Term
What is a Redd "Rad"?
Definition
A circular nest of pebbles. (fish)
Term
What are 3 behavioral releasing stimuli in fish?
Definition
1) Lateral displays, 2)Cutting/probing, 3)"O"-shaped mouth= Ready to mate
Term
What does a fish with an O-shaped mouth mean?
Definition
Ready to mate
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(T/F) Male and female fish will eat eggs after spawning.
Definition
True
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