Stimulus and Response 2023 with verified questions and answers

homeostasis process by which organisms maintain a relatively stable internal environment stimulus An environmental change that directly influences the activity of a living organism. internal stimulus A change from within an organism, such as hunger and thirst, that causes the organism to respond external stimulus a stimulus that comes from outside the organism such as light, sound, and temperature response an organism's reaction to a stimulus learned behavior a behavior that has been learned from experience or observation instinct a natural behavior or sense that doesn't have to be learned. Automatic response fight or flight response sequence of internal processes preparing an organism for struggle or escape behavior actions of an organism in response to its environment. conditioned stimulus the reflexive behavior (learned response) due to a repetitive stimulus. i.e. Pavlov's theory Operant Conditioning is a method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior. catalyst a person or thing that precipitates an event or response