Biology Chap 31 Animal Behavior

The way an animal responds to a stimuli.

• reaction
• behavior
• instinct
• movement

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Behaviors that are genetically based and not linked to past experiences.

• Innate behaviors
• Environmental behaviors
• Acquired behaviors
• Learned behaviors

Occurs when an association is made between two different kinds of stimuli.

• Operant conditioning
• Instrumental conditioning
• Pavlovian conditioning
• Classical conditioning

An animal learns to associate its response to a stimulus with a reward or punishment.

• Classical conditioning
• Instinctive learning
• Observational learning
• Operant conditioning

Learning that can only occur within a specific time period in an animals life.

• Restricted duration
• Limited period
• Exclusive time
• Imprinting

A decrease in an animal's response after repeatedly being exposed to a stimulus.

• Sensitization
• Adaptation
• Acclimatization
• Habituation

Thinking, reasoning and processing information to understand complex concepts and solve problems.

• Cognitive behaviors

• Social skills
• Emotional skills
• Physical skills

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

When animals fight for the highest place in their group they are fighting for what?

• Equality
• Submissiveness
• Cooperation
• Dominance

Attempts to adopt and control a physical area against the other animals of the same species.

• Aggression
• Dominance
• Submission
• Territorial behaviors

Finding and eating food are examples of what in animals?

• Social interactions
• Hunting techniques
• Sleeping patterns
• Foraging behaviors

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1