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17 Cards in this Set
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Action-specific energy
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An internal force that motivates a specific action
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Appetitive behavior
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Instinctive or learned response motivated by action-specific energy and attracted to a sign stimulus
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A state
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The initial affective reaction to an environmental stimulus in opponent-process theory
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B state
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The opposite affective response that is elicited by the initial affective reaction, or A state, in opponent-process theory
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Cellular modification theory
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The view that learning permanently alters the functioning of specific neural systems
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Dishabituation
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The recovery of a habituated response as the result of the presentation of a sensitizing stimulus
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Displacement
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In a conflict situation, the occurrence of a behavior unrelated to that conflict
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Evolution
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The changes in the physical and behavioral characteristics that occur over many generations when the environment of that species slowly changes
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Fixed action pattern
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An instinctive response that is released by the presence of an effective sign stimulus
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Habituation
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A decrease in responsiveness to a specific stimulus as a result of repeated experience with it
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Ingestional neophobia
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The avoidance of novel foods
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Innate releasing mechanism (IRM)
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A hypothetical process by which a sign stimulus removes the block on the release of the fixed action pattern
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Opponent-process theory
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The theory that an event produces an initial instinctive affective response, which is followed by an opposite affective reaction
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Sensitization
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An increased reactivity to all environmental events following exposure to an intense stimulus
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Sign stimulus
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A distinctive environmental event that can activate the IRM and release stored energy
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Tolerance
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Reduced reactivity to an event with repeated experience
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Withdrawal
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An increase in the intensity of the effective opponent B state following the termination of the event
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