Terms : Hide Images
| 7550421 | behavior | way an organism reacts to changes in its internal or external environment | |
| 7550422 | stimulus | signal to which an organism responds | |
| 7550423 | response | single, specific reaction to a stimulus | |
| 7550424 | innate behavior | instinct, or inborn behavior; appears in fully functional form the first time it is performed | |
| 7550425 | learning | alterations in behavior as a result of experience; acquired behavior | |
| 7550426 | habituation | when an animal decreases or stops its response to a repetitive stimulus that neither rewards or harms it | |
| 7550427 | classical conditioning | when an animal makes a mental connection betwen a stimulus and some kind or reward or punishment | |
| 7550428 | operant conditioning | when an animal learns to behave in a certain way through repeated practice; trial-and-error learning | |
| 7550429 | insight learning | reasoning; when an animal applies something it has already learned to a new situation without a period of trial and error | |
| 7550430 | imprinting | learning based on early experience; once it has occurred, it cannot be changed | |
| 7550431 | migration | periodic movement and return of animals from one place to another | |
| 7550432 | circadian rhythm | behavioral cycle that occurs in a daily pattern | |
| 7550433 | courtship | when an animal sends out stimuli in order to attract a member of the opposite sex | |
| 7550434 | territory | specific area occupied and protected by an animal or group of animals | |
| 7550435 | aggression | threatening behavior that one animal uses to gain control over another | |
| 7550436 | communication | passing of information from one organism to another | |
| 7550437 | language | system of communication that combines sounds, symbols, or gestures according to a set of rules |
