Intro Into Cvt- Behavior

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Behavior modification programs

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Training courses that use rewards and reprimands to stimulate changes in Behavior

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Behaviorism

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The ethological approach that states behavior is learned rather than genetically programmed

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Breaking litter box training

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When a cat urinates or defecates someplace other than its litter box

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Classical conditioning

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The type of conditioned learning that Associates stimuli occurring at approximately the same time or in roughly the same area

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Classical ethology

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An ethological approach asserting that much of what animals know is instinctive or innate

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Conditioned stimulus

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Sensory input unrelated to a simple reflex Behavior

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Dance

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A complex pattern of movements performed by a bee that directs other bees to a food source

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Ethology

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The study of animal behavior

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Evolution

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The scientific theory that characterizes all related organisms as descended from common ancestors

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Fixed action patterns

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A term used by early at the urologist to describe stereotypical predictable behaviors of a species

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Function

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Survival rate, in ethological terms

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Habituation

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The process of learning that certain objects and events have little bearing on survival and can thus be ignored

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House soiling

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Urinating or defecating inside the home

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Imprinting

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The acquisition in the very young age of certain fixed action patterns

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Innate

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Instinctive

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Instinct

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A combination of unlearned response characteristics of a species

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Instrumental learning

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Learning by trial and error

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Natural selection

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The process that Awards survival and reproductive success to individuals and groups best adjusted to their environment

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Naturalist

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Natural scientists

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Nature- nurture controversy

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The Crux of two opposing schools: classical ethology, which view animal behaviors as primarily instinctive, and animal physiology, which views animal behavior as primarily learned

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Operant conditioning

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The type of conditioned learning that Associates a certain activity, known as the operant, with punishment or reward

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Operant

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Functioning or tending to produce effects

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Postparturition

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Period of time after giving birth to offspring

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Recognition of individuals

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The process that allows animals to distinguish their place in a social context broader than their relationship with primary caregivers

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Sensitive period

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A specific stage early in an animal's life when imprinting occurs

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Social behavior

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The ways individual members of the same species interact with one another

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Socialisation

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The process of adapting to contact with others

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Sociobiology

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The study of the biological basis of social behavior

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Spraying

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Staining vertical surfaces with a strong smelling urine

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Stimulus response Theory

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The psychological school of thought stating that all complex forms of behavior, including emotions, thoughts, and habits, are complex muscular and glandular responses that can be observed and measured

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Territorial

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Prone to defining and defending areas of sleep, eating, exercise, and play

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Unconditioned response

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A simple reflex Behavior

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Unconditioned stimulus

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Sensory input that produces a simple reflex behavior

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Wobble

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A training maneuver designed to disorient a bird by abruptly dropping the hand that it's perched upon