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| adaptation | a characteristic that helps an organism to survive in its environment or to reproduce |
| agression | a threatening behavior that one animal uses to gain control over another |
| artificial intelligence | capacity for a computer to perform complex tasks such as learning from experience and solving problems |
| behavior | all the actions an animal performs |
| circadian rhythm | behavior cycles that occur over a period of approximately one day. |
| conditioning | process of learning to connect a stimulus with a good or bad event |
| courtship behavior | behavior that animals of the same species engage in to prepare for mating |
| hibernation | winter sleeping - a state of greatly reduced body activity that some mammals enter in the winter |
| imprinting | process in which newly hatched birds or newborn mammals learn to follow the first object they see |
| insight learning | process of learning how to solve a problem or do something new by applying what is already known |
| instinct | inborn behavior pattern that an animal performs correctly the first time |
| learning | process that leads to changes in behavior based on practice or experience |
| migration | regular, periodic journey of an animal from one place to another and back again for the purpose of feeding or reproduction |
| reproduce | production of offspring (babies) that are similar to the parents |
| society | group of closely related animals fo the same species that work together for the benefit of the whole group |
| territory | an area that is occupied and defended by an animal or group of animals |
| trial-and-error learning | learning that occurs when an animal learns to perform a behavior more and more skillfully through repeated practice |
