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| behavior | the way an organisms acts toward its environment |
| innage behavior | behavior an organism has when it is born and does not have to learn |
| reflex | a type of innate behavior that is an automatic respoinse to a stimulus; not involving the brain. |
| instinct | complex pattern in innate behavior involving multiple actions |
| learning | process of developing a behavior through experience; an organism repeats behaviors that fulfill a need and avoids those that achieve nothing or cause pain. |
| imprinting | type of learning in which animal forms a social attachment to another organism during a specific period after birth or hatching |
| trial & error | behavior that is modified by experience |
| motivation | some stimulus within an animal that causes it to act |
| conditioning | modifying behavior so that a response previously associated with one stimulus becomes associated with another stimulus |
| insight | a form of reasoning that enable animals to use past experiences to solve new problems |
| territory | area that an animal defends from other members of the same species |
| aggression | forceful act used to dominate or control another anima. |
| courtship behavior | behaviors that help males and females of a species prepare for mating. |
| social behavior | interactions among organisms of the same species, including mating, caring for young, protection, getting food, and claiming territory |
| society | a group of animals of the same species living and working together in an organized way |
| communication | an exchange of information among animals, by means of cries, movements, touch, speech, pheromones, and so so |
| cyclic behaviors | innate behaviors that occur in a repeating pattern |
| circadian rhythm | behavior that recurs on a 24 hour cycle |
| migration | the instinctive seasonal movement of animals, such as birds flying sourth for the winter |
| carrying capacity | the number of animals that can obtain food and shelter from the environment in a given area; the ability of an environment to support its animal population |
