Animal Behavior

1. a signal that causes an organism to react in someway
3. usually change over the course of a day or season
6. process of learning how to solve a problem or do something new by applying what is already known
10. process that leads to changes in behavior based on practice or experience
11. an organism's reaction to a stimulus
14. the process of learning to connect a stimulus or a response with a good or bad event
15. living in groups enables animals to
17. a process in which newly hatched birds or newborn mammals learn to follow the first object they see
18. area that is occupied and defended by an animal or group of animals

2. All animal behaviors are caused by?
4. all the actions an animal performs
5. a state of greatly reduced body activity that occurs during the winter
7. behavior that animals of the same
8. a behavior cycle that occurs over a period of about one day
9. form of conditioning in which an animal learns to perform a behavior more and more skillfully
10. Imprinting, conditioning, trial-and-error, insight learning
12. periodic journey of an animal from one place to another and back again for the purpose of feeding or reproduction
13. threatening behavior that one animal uses to gain control over another
16. Response to a stimulus that is inborn and that an animal performs correctly the first time