PSYC 311 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Flehmen Response, Ventromedial Nucleus Of The Hypothalamus, Paul Broca

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 311
• Professor: Naomi Nagaya

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Increasing the probability of a response through the application of reinforcing stimuli. Learning that a certain stimulus (smell, sound, sight) signals the availability of a reinforcement (or a predator) Fold the surface of the cortex so as to increase cortical surface area. Stimulus similar to the original stimulus elicits the original response. In horses, tigers, and even house cats, males sniff for females. practically tasting them. Man may have normally had two bouts of sleep per night: 1stsleep and 2nd sleep. A response is followed by a noxious or painful stimulus. The probability of that response re- occurring decreases. With sleep deprivation, you get sleepy, but you can still function if the task is short; with longer, more complicated tasks, deterioration in performance takes place. Amount of restoration is not a function of amount of sleep. Measures electrical activity of the brain. helps us study sleep. Prey and predator fish in adjacent aquariums (lasts up to 24 hours)