Advanced Animal Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. the suite of interactions that occur between two or more individual animals, usually of the same species
  2. 4. the ability to know without thinking, the capability to automatically know how to behave or respond in certain circumstances
  3. 7. the gradual desensitization of an animal or person to a stimuli after repeated exposure to said stimuli
  4. 9. quiet not-aggressive, and easily controlled
  5. 10. the scientific study of animal behavior especially under natural conditions
  6. 13. an animal's personality, makeup, disposition, or nature
  7. 15. all the ways animals interact with other organisms and the physical environment
  8. 16. the change in activity level of an organism due to an outside stimulus acting upon it
  9. 17. the tendency for an individual to have the strongest stress response the first time that individual is faced with a potentially threatening experience
  10. 18. behavioral patterns occur with little influence from other group members
  11. 20. a type of learning in which an animal learns (or, is conditioned) from its behaviors as it acts (operates) on the environment
  12. 21. how people respond to and interact with animals within their environment
Down
  1. 2. threats or harmful actions directed toward another individual
  2. 3. A form of display (1) in which an animal that loses a fight, whether an escalated fight or a conventional fight, adopts a lose posture to acknowledge defeat and to deter further attack
  3. 5. where animals move around in a formation
  4. 6. a form of learning in which a very young animal fixes its attention on the first object with which it has visual, auditory, or tactile experience and thereafter follows that object
  5. 8. the distance a person can approach an animal before they move away
  6. 11. abnormal behavior or extreme adjustments in its behavior or physiology are necessary in order to cope with adverse aspects of its environment
  7. 12. A behavioral response of a cell or an organism to an external stimulus, which may either be towards (attraction) or away (repulsion) from the source of stimulation
  8. 14. usually at the animal's shoulder and it is determined by the animal's wide angle vision
  9. 19. a type of learning where an animal learns from its behaviors as it acts on the environment