Animal Behavior

Question 1

habituation

Answer 1

repeated stimulation results in decreased responsiveness to that stimulus

Question 2

classical conditioning (palvolian)

Answer 2

association of a normally autonomic response with an environmental stimulus

Question 3

instrumental conditioning (operant)

Answer 3

conditioning responses to stimuli with the use of reward or reinforcement

Question 4

imprinting

Answer 4

environmental patterns or objects presented to a developing organism during a brief “critical period” in early life become accepted permanently as an element of its behavioral environment