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Animal Behavior

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  • Learning that can only occur within a specific time period in an animal's life and is permanent is defined as:
    Imprinting
  • The most complex type of learning in which an animal uses previous experience to respond to a new situation is defined as:
    Insight Learning
  • A 24 hour wake sleep cycle that is regulated by light is defined as:
    Circadian Rhythm
  • Reduced metabolism during cold weather is defined as:
    Hibernation
  • Learning by association, such as associating a stimulus with an action in order to obtain a reward is defined as:
    Classical Conditioning
  • With all the construction around the school Murphy and Wunsch have found a new route home - what type of behavior is this?
    Learned Behavior or Trial and Error
  • A decrease in an animal's response after repeatedly being exposed to a stimulus that has no positive or negative effects is defined as:
    Habituation
  • A goose continually rolls objects into its nest, regardless of it being an egg or not. This type of learning is defined as:
    Fixed Action Pattern
  • Behavior that changes through practice or experience is defined as:
    Learned Behavior
  • An animal in a lab setting must work through a maze to receive food at the end. This type of learning is known as:
    Trial and Error
  • An environmental change that directly influences an organism is defined as:
    Stimulus
  • The social ranking within a group that usually will consist of a dominant male and a dominant female is defined as:
    Dominance Hierarchy
  • Reduced metabolism during periods of extreme heat is defined as:
    Estivation
  • Each october, monarch butterflies fly through oklahoma on their way to Mexico from Canada. This process is known as:
    Migration
  • Innate behavior is _________________
    Inherited
  • A responsive movement of a free moving organism or cell toward or away from a external stimuli is known as:
    Taxis
  • An animal learns to associate its response to a stimulus with a reward or punishment is defined as:
    Operant Conditioning
  • Anything an animal does in response to a stimulus is defined as:
    Animal Behavior
  • The physical space an animal defends against their own species is defined as:
    Territoriality
  • What did Jacob do to Renesmee when she was born?
    Imprinted
  • A simple automatic response to a stimulus that requires no conscience control is defined as:
    Reflex
  • A bird building a nest is what type of behavior?
    Innate Behavior