thigmonastic response

(noun)

a touch response independent of the direction of stimulus

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Examples of thigmonastic response in the following topics:

  • Plant Responses to Wind and Touch

    • The shoot of a pea plant wraps around a trellis while a tree grows on an angle in response to strong prevailing winds.
    • A tendril is a specialized stem, leaf, or petiole with a threadlike shape that is used by climbing plants for support.The meristematic region of tendrils is very touch sensitive; light touch will evoke a quick coiling response.
    • A thigmonastic response is a touch response independent of the direction of stimulus.
    • Tendrils of a redvine produce auxin in response to touching a support stick and then transfer the auxin to non-touching cells.

  • The Responsibilities of Account Executives

  • A Brief Definition of Corporate Social Responsibility

    • Companies that donate proceeds to charitable organizations are socially responsible.
    • Social responsibility in business is also known as corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate responsibility, corporate citizenship, responsible business, sustainable responsible business, or corporate social performance.
    • Companies can demonstrate social responsibility in a myriad of ways.
    • Companies can demonstrate social responsibility in a myriad of ways.
    • Social responsibility in business is also known as corporate social responsibility, corporate responsibility, corporate citizenship, responsible business, sustainable responsible business, or corporate social performance.

  • Basic Principles of Classical Conditioning

    • Classical conditioning occurs when an unconditioned response becomes a conditional response to an unrelated conditional stimulus.
    • The conditioned response is the learned response to the previously neutral stimulus.
    • The conditioned stimulus is usually neutral and produces no particular response at first, but after conditioning it elicits the conditioned response.
    • The unconditioned response was the salivation of dogs in response to seeing or smelling their food.
    • The conditioned response, therefore, was the salivation of the dogs in response to the conditioned stimulus (the ringing of the bell) .

  • The Lack of International Response

  • Explanatory and response variables

    • If we suspect poverty might affect spending in a county, then poverty is the explanatory variable and federal spending is the response variable in the relationship.
    • Sometimes the explanatory variable is called the independent variable and the response variable is called the dependent variable.
    • The explanatory variable might affect response variable.
    • In some cases, there is no explanatory or response variable.
    • It is difficult to decide which of these variables should be considered the explanatory and response variable, i.e. the direction is ambiguous, so no explanatory or response labels are suggested here.

  • The Fight-or-Flight Response

    • The fight-or-flight-or-freeze response is regulated by release of adrenaline or noradrenaline.
    • The fight-or-flight response (also called the fight-or-flight-or-freeze response, hyperarousal, or the acute stress response) was first described by Walter Bradford Cannon.
    • This response was later recognized as the first stage of a general adaptation syndrome that regulates stress responses among vertebrates and other organisms.
    • Inhibition of the lacrimal gland (responsible for tear production) and salivation
    • Discuss the endocrine system's role in the fight-or-flight response to stress

  • The Heat-Shock Response

    • Heat shock response is a cell's response to intense heat, including up-regulation of heat shock proteins.
    • The bacterial stress response enables bacteria to survive adverse and fluctuating conditions in their immediate surroundings.
    • Various bacterial mechanisms recognize different environmental changes and mount an appropriate response.
    • Heat shock response is the cellular response to heat shock includes the transcriptional up-regulation of genes encoding heat shock proteins (HSPs) as part of the cell's internal repair mechanism .
    • Describe how the bacterial stress response enables bacteria to survive adverse and fluctuating conditions in their immediate surroundings such as increases in temperature

  • Basic Principles of Classical Conditioning: Pavlov

    • The conditioned response is the learned response to the previously neutral stimulus.
    • When presented with the conditioned stimulus alone, the individual would show a weaker and weaker response, and finally no response.
    • The unconditioned response was the dogs' natural salivation in response to seeing or smelling their food.
    • The conditioned response, therefore, was the salivation of the dogs in response to the ringing of the bell, even when no food was present.
    • Pavlov had successfully associated an unconditioned response (natural salivation in response to food) with a conditioned stimulus (a buzzer), eventually creating a conditioned response (salivation in response to a buzzer).

  • Social Responsibility Audits

    • Social responsibility audits are a process of evaluating a corporation's social responsibility performance.
    • Social responsibility audits are a process of reviewing and evaluating a corporation's social responsibility (CSR) performance.
    • As with financial audits, social responsibility audits involve accounting processes.
    • One metric that might be tested in a social responsibility audit is worker conditions in the company's plants.
    • Apply the general concept of auditing to the larger framework of social responsibility within organizations