Reading: Animal Behavior

Vocab

Innate behavior: Any behavior that occurs naturally in all animals of a given species.
Instinct: Ability of an animal to perform a behavior the first time it is exposed to the proper stimulus.
Reflex behaviors: Any behavior that occurs without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus.
Learned behavior: behavior that occurs only after experience or practice
Habituation: learning to get used to something after being exposed to it for a while
Observational learning: learning by watching and copying the behavior of someone else
Conditioning: a way of learning that involves a reward or punishment
Insight learning: learning from past experiences and reasoning