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| a trait that enables an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment |
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| all the actions an animal performs |
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| an animal behavior that is inborn/knows how to do without being taught |
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| a process that leads to changes in behavior based on practice or experience |
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| learning to connect some kind of stimulus with a good or bad event |
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| when an animal, through repeated practice, learns to perform a behavior more and more skillfully |
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| when you solve a problem or learn how to do something new by applying what you already know, without a period of trial and error |
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| the capacity of a computer to perform complex tasks such as learning from experience and solving problems |
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| when newly hatched birds and newborn mammals learn to recognize and follow the first moving object they see |
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| threatening behavior that one animal uses to gain control over another |
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| an area that is occupied and defended by an animal or group of animals |
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| behavior in which males and females of the same species prepare for mating |
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| a group of closely related animals of the same species that work together for the benefit of the whole group |
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| behavior cycles that occur over a period of approximately one day |
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| a state of greatly reduced body activity that occurs during the winter |
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| regular, periodic journey of an animal from one place to another and then back again |
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| an internal or external signal that causes a living thing to react in some way |
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