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17 Cards in this Set
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Behavior
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the way an organism reacts to changes in its internal condition of external environment
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Stimulus
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any kind o signal that carries information and can be detected
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Learning
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where many animals alter their behavior as a result of experiences
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Habituation
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a process by which an animal decreases or stops its response to a repetitive stimulus that neither rewards not harms the animal
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Classical conditioning
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any time an animal makes a mental connection between a stimulus and some kind of reward or punishment, it has learned
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Operant conditioning
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occurs when and 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
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or reasoning, the most complicated learning
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Imprinting
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learning based on early experience; once imprinting has occurred, the behavior cannot be changed
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Migration
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the periodic movement form tone place to another and then back again
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Circadian rhythms
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behavioral cycles that occur in daily patterns
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Courtship
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an individual sends out stimuli in order to attract a member of the opposite sex
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Territory
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specific area, that is occupied and protected by an animal or group of animals
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Aggression
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a threatening behavior that one animal uses to gain control over another
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Communication
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the passing of information from one organism to another
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Language
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– a system of communication that combined sounds, symbols, or gestures according to sets of rules about word order and meaning, such as grammar and syntax
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Response
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a single, specific reaction to a stimulus
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Innate behavior
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instinct or inborn behavior
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