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critical period
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a period in the development of an organism during which it is especially likely to learn a particular kind of behavior
Ex: if puppy is to become a good house pet, it must have contact with people during a critical period of 3 to 12 weeks |
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imprinting
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the tendency of some animals, particularly birds, to follow the first moving object they see, usually their mother
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instinctive drift
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tendency of an animal to revert to a fixed action pattern; if a particular act conflicts with with a fixed action pattern, the animal will have trouble learning it
Ex: in the wild, raccoons dip their prey into the water and then rub it in between their paws, this behavior interefered with teaching raccoon to drop coins into a bank |
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continuum of preparedness
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the idea that organisms are genetically disposed to learn some things and not others
Ex: racoon's innate tendency to pick up its food and wash it may make it prepared to learn to pick up and carry coins to a bank, but its innate tendency to holld on to food makes it contraprepared to drop it in a bank |
