Animal Learning Ethan Puckett

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Across
  1. 3. The diminishing of a physiological or emotional response to a frequently repeated stimulus.(2 words)
  2. 8. An animal psychologist who created the idea of Tropism.(2 words)
  3. 9. The nerve pathway involved in a reflex action including, at its simplest, a sensory nerve and a motor nerve with a synapse in between.(2 words)
  4. 11. John Locke’s theory that when born, our brain has no sort of preset rules for processing data, and all rules are formed from sensory experiences.(2 words)
  5. 12. An English evolutionary biologist who laid the foundation of comparative psychology; the belief that there are similarities between the cognitive processes of humans and other mammals. (2 words)
  6. 14. A classic Greek philosopher who was the first to propose the idea of the “Blank Slate”.
  7. 16. The process in which a frequently repeated stimulus increases the physical or emotional response.
  8. 17. a state of being which determines the amount of effort a living being will exert.
  9. 21. A theory created by Solomon, which states that emotional reactions to a stimulus are followed by opposite emotional reactions.(3 words)
  10. 23. a 17th century English philosopher that first coined the term “Blank Slate”.(2 words)
  11. 24. when a previously-unassociated or new stimulus that has similar characteristics to the previously-associated stimulus elicits a response that is the same or as similar to the previously-associated response.(2 words)
  12. 26. A theory by Charles Darwin which states that a new species of animal can emerge from another through the continuous changes that occur throughout the process of natural selection.(2 words)
  13. 27. A catalogue of behavior or actions exhibited by an animal used in ethology. Behaviors are typically mutually exclusive and objective.
  14. 29. The unconditioned aversion of foods with new, unknown flavors.(2 words)
  15. 30. The period during development in which a skill or response is most readily acquired.(2 words)
Down
  1. 1. the sequential occurrence or proximity of stimulus and response, causing their association in the mind.
  2. 2. The study of a subject in its natural environment. It cannot determine cause and effect relationships.(2 words)
  3. 4. An English naturalist who first explained the theories of evolution and natural selection, and wrote the book, On the Origin of Species.(2 words)
  4. 5. The idea of Survival of the Fittest; only the best versions of a species are able to procreate and pass on their genes.(2 words)
  5. 6. An American psychologist who had a powerful effect on reinforcement theory and behavior analysis, as well as creating the Law of Effect.(2words)
  6. 7. The idea that things usually behave/move in the simplest, most effective way.(3words)
  7. 10. A type of learning is which you learn to associate to separate ideas or objects with one another.(2 words)
  8. 13. A French philosopher who agreed with the “Blank Slate” theory, and came up with his own theory of Dualism. He is famously quoted as saying “I think, therefore I am.”(2 words)
  9. 15. A new reaction to a novel or significant stimuli.(2 words)
  10. 18. the process wherein a young animal comes to recognize another animal or object as a parent or object of habitual trust.
  11. 19. The phenomenon wherein a conditioned response emerges from extinction after a delay.(2words)
  12. 20. The tendency for humans to project human feelings and emotions onto animals.
  13. 22. The natural growth process of all living beings.
  14. 25. A psychologist who cofounded the Ethological Approach with Lorenz with his contributions of Fixed Actions Patterns and Innate Releasing Mechanisms.(2 words)
  15. 28. The recovery of a response that has previously undergone habituation, usually due to the presentation of a novel, and often strong stimulus.