| A | B |
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| instinct | inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species |
| innate | behavior that is not learned through experience |
| releaser | stimulus that triggers a specific behavior |
| habituation | process of eventually ignoring a repeated stimulus |
| imprinting | process by which a newborn animal quickly learns to recognize another animal, such as a parent |
| imitation | process by which an organism learns a behavior by observing other individuals |
| classical conditioning | process by which an organism learns to associate a previously neutral stimulus with a reward or punishment |
| operant conditioning | process by which a behavior increases or decreases as the result of a reward or punishment |
