1. Project # __: Animal Behavior Vocabulary Due: __________ Directions: Tape this directions page and the vocabulary list in in your Lab Journal. Use the directions below as a rubric to complete your project: ____ 1 pt. /wordCopy the words on your project pages. ____ 1 pt./ word Copy the definitions on your project pages. ____ 1 pt./ wordCreate a drawing to illustrate the word. ____ 1 pt. / wordColor the drawing. ____ 1 pt. / wordUse the word in a sentence. 5 points total/ word = 100 points for the total project. There will be a vocabulary test over these words after the project is due! 1.biological fitness = the ability to survive and reproduce 2.behavior = the way an organism reacts to changes in its internal condition or external environment 3.stimulus = any kind of signal that carries information that can be detected 4.response = a specific reaction to a stimulus 5.pheromones = a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species 6.innate behavior = inborn behavior, instinct 7.learned behavior = acquired behaviors based on experience 8.habituation = process by which an animal decreases or stops its response to a repetitive stimulus that neither rewards or harms the animal 9.classical conditioning = any time an animal makes a mental connection between a stimulus and some kind of reward or punishment 10.operant conditioning = trial-and-error learning 11.insight learning = occurs when an animal applies something it has already learned to a new situation without a period of trial-and-error; reasoning 12.Imprinting = rapid learning that occurs during a brief receptive period, typically in early life, and that establishes a long-lasting behavioral response to a specific individual, object, or category of stimuli, as attachment to a parent or preference for a type of habitat. 13.mimicry = a protective resemblance 14.migration = periodic movement from one place to another and back again 15.circadian rhythm = behavioral cycles that occur in daily patterns 16.courtship = behavior that helps animals identify healthy mates 17.territory = a specific area occupied and protected by an animal or group of animals 18.aggression = threatening behavior that one animal uses to gain control over another 19.communication = the passing of information from one organism to another 20.language = a system of communication that combines sound, symbols, or gestures according to sets of rules about word order and meaning, such as grammar

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