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science ch. 15
science ch 15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| animal behavior | any way that an animal interacts with other animals or the environment |
| conditioning | way of learning that involves a reward or punishment, such as teaching a dog commands by giving it food treats |
| habituation | way of learning that occurs when an animal is exposed repeatedly to a stimulus that is annoying or frightening but not harmful, such as a crow learning to ignore a scarecrow |
| innate behavior | instinctive behavior that does not need to be learned, or any behavior that occurs naturally and in exactly the same way in all the individuals of a given species |
| insight learning | way of learning that is based on past experiences and reasoning and that generally involves coming up with a new way to solve a problem |
| instinct | innate behavior that does not need to be learned but that occurs naturally and in exactly the same way in all the individuals of a given species |
| reflex behavior | simple response that always occurs when a certain stimulus is present, such as the grasp reflex in human infants |
| learned behavior | any behavior that occurs only after experience or practice |
| observational learning | way of learning by watching and copying the behavior of another individual |
| biological clock | tiny structure in the brain of many animal species that controls behaviors occurring in daily cycles |
| circadian rhythm | daily cycle of behavior that occurs in an animal, such as the daily sleep-wake cycle |
| communication | any way in which animals share information |
| cooperation | working together with others toward the same overall goal, such as bees working together to feed and protect the colony |
| diurnal | of or relating to being active during the day, such as a diurnal animal |
| hibernation | state in which an animal’s body processes slow down and its body temperature falls so it can sleep deeply through a time of year when food is scarce |
| language | use of symbols such as words to communicate |
| mating | pairing of an adult male and an adult female for the purpose of reproduction |
| migration | movement of animals from one place to another to find more plentiful resources, or the movement of individuals into or out of a population |
| nocturnal | of or relating to being active during the night, such as a nocturnal animal |
| social animal | any species of animal in which individuals live together in groups and different animals within a group have different jobs so group members must work together for the good of all |
| territorial | of or relating to an animal that defends a given area, or territory, typically including its nest and enough space to feed itself and its young |
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