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- Ethology
- Study of animal behavior
- Species
- Classification of animals
- Stimulus-Response
- Muscular and glandular responses that we can observe and measure
- Classical Conditioning
- Associating stimuli that happens at the same time or same area
- Operant Conditioning
- Associating an activity with punishment or reward
- Sociobiology
- Study of social organization in animals
- Instinct
- Natural and inherant ability of an animal to perform tasks like hunting, feeding, and mating
- Positive Reinforcement
- Rewarding good behavior
- Negative Reinforcement
- An unpleasent occurrence used to create a desired behavior
- Punishment
- An unpleasent occurrence used to eliminate an undesirable behavior
- Imprinting
- A rapid learning process that enables the very young to recognize and bond with its caretaker
- Sensitive Period
- Period of time when imprinting occurs
- Behaviorism
- Ethological approach that states behavior is learned rather than genetically programmed
- Dance
- Complex pattern of movements performed by a bee that directs other bees to a food source
- Evolution
- Scientific theory that characterizes all related organisms as descended from common ancestors
- Function
- Survival value
- Innate
- Instinctive
- Instrumental Learning
- Learning by trial and error
- Naturalist
- Natural scientist
- Socialization
- Process of adapting to contact with others
- Classical Ethology
- Ethological approach asserting that much of what animals know is instinctive or innate
- Natural Selection
- Process that awards survival and reproductive success to individuals and groups best adjusted to their environment
- Operant
- Functioning or tending to produce effects
- Unconditioned Response
- Simple reflex behavior
- Unconditioned Stimulus
- Sensory input that produces a simple reflex behavior
- Fixed Action Patterns
- Term used by early ethologists to describe stereotypical or predictable behaviors of a species
- Recognition of Individuals
- Process that allows animals to distinguish their place in a social context broader than their relationship with primary caregivers
- Postparturition
- The period of time after giving birth
- House Soiling
- Urinating or defecating inside the house
- Spraying
- Staining vertical surfaces with a strong-smelling urine
- Territorial
- Prone to defining and defending areas of sleep, eating, exercise, and play
- Behavior Modification Programs
- Training courses that use rewards and reprimands to stimulate changes in behavior
- Breaking Litter Box Training
- When a cat urinates or defecates someplace other than its litter box
- Nature-Nurture Controversy
- Crux of two opposing schools: classical ethology, which views animal behavior as primarily instinctive,and animal psychology, which views animal behavior as primarily learned
- Wobble
- Training maneuver designed to disorient a bird abruptly dropping the hand it\'s perched on