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not all cases of reciprocal cooperation involve
relatives
cooperation between unrelated individuals can pay off in the long run if ______ are "reciprocated"
unselfish actions
reciprocal altruism is more likely favored by _______ when individuals that live in groups interact with the same partners
natural selection
_____ facilitates long-term partnerships
reciprocal altruism
reciprocal cooperation activates the ____ & _____
orbital frontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex
the ability to determine the level of threat posed by an intruder allows territory owners to modulate their territorial responses in a cost-effective way
"dear enemy” effect
Reduced aggression towards familiar adjacent neighbors, termed _______ has been shown in numerous species
"dear enemy affect"
chemicals found in sweat and other human secretions appear to affect mood
human pheromones
Types of pheromones
primer and releaser
Primer pheromones produce ________ over time in receiver
gradual changes
pheromones that stimulate release of hormones involved in reproductive functions
Primer pheromones
Releaser pheromones produce ____ effects
instantaneous
pheromones that evoke specific behaviors(attack, retreat, movements and postures)
Releaser pheromones
mice (even highly inbred mice) tend to choose males that differ from them in terms of
MHC
animals probably detect info about MHC through _____ or ______
odors or odor-pheromone mixture
the layered outer shell of the brain, and is only in mammals
neocortex
the MHC is used in combination with ____ to affect the immune system
pheromones
_____ show expansion of the neocortex
primates
in humans, __% of the brain is taken up by the Neocortex, compared to less than ___% in shrews
80

20
convolutions (wrinkles) in the primate neocortex provide increased _______
surface area
important property of the neocortex
cortical processing
changes that take place in the Neocortex when connections are formed or strengthened along frequently used pathways, or when unused connections are weakened or lost
cortical processing
during the lengthy juvenile development of a primate Neocortex the wiring of the cortex is modified for ____ & _____ with the environment
learning and interaction

CORTICAL PROCESSING
Within the primates, species that eat ____ tend to have relatively larger brains than species that mainly eat ______
fruit

leaves
Infant directed speech has limited ____ and ___
vocabulary and concrete reference
Example of an infants limited vocabulary and concrete reference
doggie, potty, choo-choo train, boo-boo
Infant directed speech has simple ___
syntax
short sentences; more imperatives and questions
simple syntax
infant directed speech shows precise _____
articulation
____ speech is repetitive
infant directed speech
Infant directed speech shows exaggerated ______
pitch contours
_____ give acoustically distinct calls for different predators, and result in different behavioral responses
Vervet monkeys