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| Aggression | Forceful behavior, such as fighting, used by an animal to control or dominate another animal in order to protect their young, defend territory, or get food |
| Behavior | the way in which an organism interacts with other organisms and its environment; can be innate or learned |
| Conditioning | occurs when the response to a stimulus becomes associated with another stimulus |
| Courtship behavior | behavior that allows males and females of the same species to recognize each other and prepare to mate |
| Cyclic behavior | behavior that occurs in repeated patterns |
| Hibernation | inactivity in cold weather; cyclic response of inactivity and slowed metabolism that occurs during periods of cold temperatures and limited food supplies |
| Imprinting | occurs when an animal forms a social attachment to another organism during a specific period following birth or hatching |
| Innate behavior | behavior an organism is born with and does not have to be learned, such as reflex or instinct |
| Insight | form of reasoning that allows animals to use past experiences to solve new problems |
| Migration | instinctive seasonal movement of animals to find food or to reproduce in better conditions |
| Pheromone | powerful chemical produced by an animal to influence the behavior of another animal of the same species |
| Reflex | simple innate behavior, such as yawning or blinking, that is an automatic response and does not involve a message to the brain; automatic, involuntary response to a stimulus; controlled by the spinal cord |
| Social behavior | interactions among members of the same species, including courtship and mating, getting food, caring for young, and protecting each other |
| Society | a group of animals of the same species that live and work together in an organized way, with each member doing a specific job |
