Animal Cognition Crossword
Across
- 6. An idea that represents a class of objects or their properties.
- 7. A chemical signal produced by an animal.
- 10. Aversive response to novelty.
- 11. The cognitive process that allows animals to focus on relevant stimuli.
- 13. The process of reinforcing successive approximations of a desired behavior.
- 14. What species of bird has been often seen using tools and water displacement to obtain a reward?
- 15. A learning process where an individual emits a novel behavior after observing a model preform a similar behavior.
- 16. The part of the brain that regulates spatial learning and memory
- 19. Something continues to exist even when not visible (2 words).
- 21. The process of recovering or locating information stored in memory.
- 23. The extension of understanding cause and effect relationships to novel problems.
Down
- 1. The psychological process of interpreting sensory information.
- 2. To adjust to new conditions or surroundings, sometimes over time or several generations.
- 3. Behavior of storing food in anticipation for future needs.
- 4. Training an animal to use a body part (e.g., a paw or nose) to touch an object, person, or another animal.
- 5. What animal was used by Pavlov to study classical conditioning?
- 8. Progressive decrease in a response to a repeatedly presented stimulus.
- 9. Mechanism by which animals acquire, process, store, and act upon information in their environment.
- 12. abnormal responses that result in extremely fearful behaviors.
- 17. Anticipate needs for the future.
- 18. The acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or being taught.
- 20. The use of an external object to assist in gaining some desired end.
- 22. Encoding storage and retrieval of learned information.