Animal Behaviors Review

Front

What is the state of reduced metabolism as animals sleep through hot summer called?

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Estivation

Front

What does innate mean in terms of animal behavior?

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Inherited

Front

What is it called when an animal uses its experience to respond to something new?

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Insight

Front

What is the term for the attachment to an object during a certain time in an animal's life?

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Imprinting

Front

What is the term used for learning in which an animal connects a stimulus with a certain behavior?

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Conditioning

Front

What is the term for behaviors that are genetically programmed and not learned?

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Instinctive behavior

Front

What is the process by which animals learn to associate a neutral stimulus with a significant stimulus?

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Classical conditioning

Front

What is the term for a learned behavior that is reinforced by rewards or punishments?

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Operant conditioning

Front

What is the term for a behavior that is performed in response to a specific stimulus?

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Reflex

Front

What is the term for the gradual change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience?

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Learning