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Study of Behaviorism
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- 1BehaviorismThe ethological approach that states behavior is learned rather than genetically programmed.
- 2Classical ConditioningThe type of conditioned learning that associates stimuli occurring at approximately the same time or in roughly the same area.
- 3Classical EthologyThe ethological approach asserting that much of what animals know is instinctive or innate.
- 4Conditioned StimulusSensory input unrelated to a simple reflex behavior.
- 5EthologyThe study of animal behavior.
- 6EvolutionThe scientific theory that characterizes all related organisms as descended from common ancestors.
- 7Fixed Action PatternsA term used by early ethologists to describe stereotypical or predictable behaviors of a species.
- 8FunctionIn ethological terms, survival value.
- 9InnateInstinctive.
- 10InstinctA combination of unlearned responses characteristic of a species.
- 11Natural SelectionThe process that awards survival and reproductive success to individuals and groups best adjusted to their environment.
- 12NaturalistsNatural scientists.
- 13Nature-Nurture ControversyThe crux of two opposing schools: classical ethology, which views animal behavior as primarily instinctive, and animal psychology, which views animal behavior as primarily learned.
- 14Unconditioned StimulusSensory input that produces a simple reflex behavior.
- 15Unconditioned ResponseA simple reflex behavior.
- 16Stimulus-Response TheoryThe psychological school of thought stating that all complex forms of behavior, including emotions, thoughts, and habits, are complex muscular and glandular responses that can be observed and measured.
- 17SociobiologyThe study of the biological bases of social behavior.
- 18OperantFunctioning or tending to produce effects.
- 19Operant ConditioningThe type of conditioned learning that associates a certain activity, known as the operant, with punishment or reward.
- 20DanceA complex pattern of movements performed by a bee that directs other bees to a food source.
- 21ImprintingThe acquisition in the very young of certain fixed action patterns
- 22Instrumental LearningLearning by trial and error.
- 23Social BehaviorThe ways individual members of the same species interact with one another.
- 24Sensitive PeriodA specific stage early in an animal’s life when imprinting occurs.
- 25Recognition of IndividualsThe process that allows animals to distinguish their place in a social context broader than their relationship with primary caregivers.
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