| A | B |
| Fixed Action Pattern | male sticklebacks attack other males in their territory |
| Sign Stimulus | red belly of invading male triggers fixed action response |
| Supernormal Stimulus | A greylag goose tries to protect a volleyball instead of an egg |
| Habituation | Gray squirell resond to the alarm calls of other squirels |
| imprinting | geese raised by humans prefer humans to other geese |
| Classical conditioning | A dog associates a bell with being fed and salivates when the bell is rung in the absence of food |
| Operant conditioning | A rat learns to run a maze to get a reward of cheese |
| Observational learning | A kitten learns to nurse by watching a sibling |
| play | lion cubs practice attacking each other |
| Insight learning | A primate stacks boxes to reach a banana on a tall ledge |
| Kinesis | Pill bugs are more active in dry areas than in humid regions |
| Taxis | Salmon swim upstream |
| migration | birds go south in the winter |
| Agnostic Behavior | A male babboon beats on his chest to scare off other males |
| Ritual | a cat circles three times before lying down |
| Dominance Heirarchy | Top ranked male wolf mates with all the females |
| Ritual courtship | Male blue footed boobie brings twigs to potential mates |