Animal Behavior Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. a simple behavior in response to a specific stimulus
  2. 6. a mental connection between ideas or things
  3. 7. the sensory and perceptual world of an animal
  4. 9. the body perceives an external stimulus
  5. 11. the process of encouraging or establishing a pattern of behavior, esp. by encouragement or reward.
  6. 12. the faculty of perceiving sounds
  7. 13. the signal that produces the UR
  8. 17. a mental image of the world
  9. 19. behavior that has either a fixed or genetic basis
  10. 20. A change in the allele frequency in a population
  11. 21. the way in which an animal or person acts in response to a particular situation or stimulus
Down
  1. 1. a branch of psychology involving the study of animals (learning and causation in species)
  2. 2. the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
  3. 3. a type of learning where an animal forms an association with its behavior and consequences or rewards
  4. 5. vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear
  5. 8. the animals response that is initiated by the US
  6. 10. The previously neutral stimulus, that through classical conditioning, is linked to the unconditional response
  7. 14. A type of learning where an US is paired with an CS so that the CS will cause the UR
  8. 15. the process of discouraging or establishing a pattern of behavior, esp. by punishment or pain
  9. 16. A long term change in behavior that results from experience
  10. 18. the study of of animal behavior in natural environments, stressing the study of adaptation and evolution