PSB test 1 questions & answers
2024/2025
evolutionary explanation - ANSWERShow behaviors are inherited and shaped through evolutionary
factors
developmental explanation - ANSWERShow development and environment of an organism set a
biological state for the behavior
proximate/immediate explanation - ANSWERShow the brain and environment interact to cause the
behavior
adaptive explanation - ANSWERSadaptive function that behavior has for the survival of an organism
ethology - ANSWERSstudy of animal behavior in the context of the animal's life and environment
metabotropic receptor - ANSWERS-ligand binds to it and activates G protein
-G protein activates another molecule (secondary messenger)
*function is to activate other particles
ionotropic receptor - ANSWERSclosed until a ligand binds to a receptor which changes the shape by
allowing an opening to form to let ions travel in or out
G protein - ANSWERSmembrane bound protein next to receptor that initiates a cascade effect inside a
cell
positive feedback loop - ANSWERSdownstream effects of the hormone serve to increase its production
-it's self activating once it's turned on
2024/2025
evolutionary explanation - ANSWERShow behaviors are inherited and shaped through evolutionary
factors
developmental explanation - ANSWERShow development and environment of an organism set a
biological state for the behavior
proximate/immediate explanation - ANSWERShow the brain and environment interact to cause the
behavior
adaptive explanation - ANSWERSadaptive function that behavior has for the survival of an organism
ethology - ANSWERSstudy of animal behavior in the context of the animal's life and environment
metabotropic receptor - ANSWERS-ligand binds to it and activates G protein
-G protein activates another molecule (secondary messenger)
*function is to activate other particles
ionotropic receptor - ANSWERSclosed until a ligand binds to a receptor which changes the shape by
allowing an opening to form to let ions travel in or out
G protein - ANSWERSmembrane bound protein next to receptor that initiates a cascade effect inside a
cell
positive feedback loop - ANSWERSdownstream effects of the hormone serve to increase its production
-it's self activating once it's turned on