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Behavior |
the way an organism reacts to changes in its internal conditions |
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Stimulus |
any kind of signal that carries information and can be detected. |
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Response |
A single, specific reaction to a stimulus |
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Innate behavior |
Instincts |
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Learning |
Alter behavior as a result of experience |
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Habituation |
process by which an animal decreases or stops its response to a repetitive stimulus that neither rewards nor harms the animal. |
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Classical Conditioning |
Any time an animal makes a mental connection between a stimulus and some kind of reward or punishment |
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Operant Conditioning |
When an animal learns to behave in a certain way through repeated practice in order to receive a reward or avoid punishment |
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Insight Learning |
Occurs when an animal applies something it has already learned to a new situation without a period of trial and error
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Imprinting |
Learn to recognize and follow the first moving object they see in a critical time in their early lives |
