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Mammals & Birds   -animals that care for their babies  
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Stimulus (stimuli)   -a signal that causes an organism to react in some way  
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Response   -a reaction to a stimulus  
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Behavior   - all of the actions that an animal performs  
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Instinct   -responses to a stimulus that is inborn & performed correctly the first time  
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Learning   -process that leads to changes in behaviors based on practice or experience  
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Imprinting   -when newborn or hatched animals recognize & follow the first moving object they see  
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Conditioning   -learning that a particular stimulus or response leads to a good or bad outcome  
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Trial-and-error learning   -when an animal learns to do a behavior through repeated practice  
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Insight learning   -solving a problem or learning how to do something new by applying what you already know without using trail & error  
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Animal communication   -animals use sounds, scents & body movements  
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Pheromone   -chemical scents that animals release that affect the behavior of another animals of that same species  
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Aggression   -threatening behavior that an animal may use to gain control over another  
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Territory   -an area that is occupied & defended by an animal or group of animals  
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Courtship behavior   -activities that prepare males & females of the same species for mating  
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Cooperative behaviors   -when animals in a group work together to survive  
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Society   -animals of a same species that work together in an highly organized way.  
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Circadian ryhthms   -behavior cycles that occur over a period of one day  
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Hibernation   -a state of greatly reduced body activities that occurs during the winter or when food is scare.  
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Migration   -a regular, seasonal journey of animals from one place to another and back again.  
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