Johnson – Animal Behavior – Study Guide, Key Concepts and Lecture Review
Notes
animal behavior - ✔✔what an animal does as it interacts with its environment
conditioning - ✔✔the process of learning associations between environmental events and
behavioral responses
Habituation - ✔✔an organism's decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it
innate behavior - ✔✔an inherited behavior that does not depend on the environment or
experience
insight learning - ✔✔The process of learning how to solve a problem or do something new by
applying what is already known
instinct - ✔✔a behavior that an organism inherits
learned behavior - ✔✔a behavior that has been learned from experience or observation
observational learning - ✔✔learning by observing others
reflex behavior - ✔✔automatic, involuntary, innate response to stimulation
biological clock - ✔✔an internal control of natural cycles
Notes
animal behavior - ✔✔what an animal does as it interacts with its environment
conditioning - ✔✔the process of learning associations between environmental events and
behavioral responses
Habituation - ✔✔an organism's decreasing response to a stimulus with repeated exposure to it
innate behavior - ✔✔an inherited behavior that does not depend on the environment or
experience
insight learning - ✔✔The process of learning how to solve a problem or do something new by
applying what is already known
instinct - ✔✔a behavior that an organism inherits
learned behavior - ✔✔a behavior that has been learned from experience or observation
observational learning - ✔✔learning by observing others
reflex behavior - ✔✔automatic, involuntary, innate response to stimulation
biological clock - ✔✔an internal control of natural cycles
