Animal Learning

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Across
  1. 4. A specialization in biology concerned with the analysis of species-typical behavior patterns that evolve in natural habitats.
  2. 5. A change in behavior.
  3. 7. A neuron in the spinal cord that transmits impulses from sensory to motor neurons.
  4. 8. Attributing human psychological qualities to non-humans
  5. 15. An emotional attachment that is accompanied by the following of the stimulus.
  6. 17. An increase in responsivity.
  7. 18. _______ stimulus learning. Learning to associate 2 stimuli, such as snow is associated with cold.
  8. 21. This causes major short term changes in behavior.
  9. 23. A person’s observable actions.
  10. 26. Clifford Lloyd ______ This man came up with the Law of Parsimony.
  11. 27. ______ search mode. The initial response mode of the feeding system.
  12. 28. ________ neuron. A neuron that transmits impulses from the CNS to muscles.
  13. 29. John ______ believed the mind was a “blank slate.
Down
  1. 1. _______ system. Neural structures that determine the organism’s general level of responsiveness to respond.
  2. 2. _______ neophobia. The cautious feeling about eating food or drinking something that has an unfamiliar flavor.
  3. 3. This man criticized Small’s maze learning as being “overly anthropomorphic”. He was also the pioneer in the study of animal intelligence.
  4. 6. The exposure to a second stimulus that can result in recovery of a previously habituated response.
  5. 9. _______ response. A reaction to a novel stimulus that usually involves turning toward the source of the stimulus.
  6. 10. _______ process theory. A compensatory mechanism that ensures that deviations of a system from a preferred or homeostatic level are counteracted so as to return the system to its preferred level.
  7. 11. _______ arc. Neural structures, consisting of the sensory neuron, interneuron, and motor neuron, that enable a stimulus to elicit a reflex response.
  8. 12. A decrease in the vigor of elicited behavior.
  9. 13. Long term changes in behavior produced by physical growth.
  10. 14. _______ system. The shortest part in the nervous system between an eliciting
  11. 16. _______ observation. This includes observing and measuring behavior as it occurs under natural conditions.
  12. 19. ______ dance. A signal that implies that food is far away from the hive.
  13. 20. _______ stimulus. The restricted set of stimuli that are required to elicit a modal action pattern.
  14. 22. Konrad ________ The famous ethologist who studied the imprinting phenomenon in baby geese.
  15. 23. Repetition of a response or behavior, with the intent of improving that response or behavior.
  16. 24. _______ dance. A signal that implies that food is near the hive.
  17. 25. ______ period. The right time during development to have an experience with a stimulus.