Innate and Learned Animal Behaviors

an animal’s response to its environment

• behavior

• courtship

• hibernation

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behavior that is learned after birth

• learned

• innate

• instinct

an innate behavior that takes time to develop

• instincts

• learned

• courtship

a relationship formed at birth or before

• imprinting

• learned

• reflex

teaching an animal to associate one stimulus with another

• conditioning

• innate

• instinct

male and female animals recognize each other and communicate before mating

• courtship

• hibernation

• migration

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behavior an animal is born with

• innate

• learned

• conditioning

an animal's dominant behavior to protect, defend, or get food

• aggression

• courtship

• migration

any behavior that is an interaction between animals

• social

• migration

• hibernation

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animal behavior that is a repeated pattern

• cyclic behavior

• innate

• instinct

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