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| The actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external or internal stimuli. |
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| Something causing or regarded as causing a response. |
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| The ability or tendency of an organism or cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes. |
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| The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge. |
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| Tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind |
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| The periodic state of sexual excitement in the female of most mammals, excluding humans, that immediately precedes ovulation and during which the female is most receptive to mating; heat. |
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| behaviors that we are born with or haven’t learned |
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| Being an involuntary action or response |
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| An inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli |
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| behavior that is a result of experience or learning |
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| the simplest type of learning; learning through repetition |
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| a simple type of learning that changes behavior by forming new associations |
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| forming an attachment to an object or environment soon after hatching or birth; very rapidly formed and cannot ever be changed. |
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| the ability to create a solution to an unfamiliar problem without a period of trial and error |
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| The exchange of information, thoughts, or messages, through speech, signals (signs), writing, or behavior (body language). |
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1. A close, prolonged (long time) association between two or more different organisms of different species that may, but does not necessarily, benefit each member.
2. A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence. |
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| any animal whose breeding is (or can be) controlled by people. An animal born in captivity. |
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| An animal that was born in the wild, then tamed |
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| refers to the behaviors normally associated with a particular species or type of animal; includes hierarchy (social order) and type of social enviroment. |
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| The order of social dominance or to rank according to strength and status. |
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| Sexual/reproductive behavior |
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| those behaviors that are normally associated with mating and/or reproduction. |
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| how animals eat and/or drink |
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| Functioning or occurring in a natural way; the behaviors that are usually associated to that particular species |
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1. A position of the body or manner of carrying oneself.
2. A state of mind or a feeling; disposition. |
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| a pain or a disturbance in routine, which may cause changes in the animal’s normal stance and attitude |
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| A particular way or manner of moving (example: trot, walk, canter, run) |
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| Not typical, usual, or regular; not normal |
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| To produce (offspring); give birth to or hatch. |
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1. To distinguish or identify
2. To analyze the nature or cause of |
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| The distinctive quality of a sound, dependent primarily on the frequency of the sound waves produced by its source. |
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| Following, sticking to, or representing a customary standard, pattern, level, or type; to be typical: |
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| basic category of taxonomic classification, ranking below a genus or subgenus and consisting of related organisms capable of interbreeding. |
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| The attitude or position of a standing person or animal. Posture. |
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| Something that suggests the presence or existence of a fact, condition, or quality. Symptoms of a disease or illness in an animal |
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