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TERMS TO KNOW Instinct – (reflexes and responses) what the animal has at birth. Ex. Nursing, searching for food. Habituation – learning to respond without thinking, response to certain stimulus is established as a result of habituation. Conditioning – learning to respond in a particular way to a stimulus as a result of reinforcement when the proper response is made. TERMS TO KNOW Reinforcement – a reward for making the proper response. Reasoning – the ability to respond correctly to a stimulus the first time that a new situation is presented. Intelligence – the ability to learn to adjust successfully to certain situations. Both short-term and long-term memory are part of intelligence. MAJOR TYPES OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR Sexual Maternal Communicative Social Feeding Eliminative Shelter-Seeking Investigative Allelomimetic Maladaptive SEXUAL BEHAVIOR Useful in implementing breeding programs Cows that are in heat, allow themselves to be mounted by others Bulls, rams and stallions smell the vagina and urine to detect pheromones Flehmen – Male animal lifts head and curls its upper lip Rams chase ewes that are coming into heat Sows seek out boars for mating Mares in heat squat and urinate when stallion approaches and vulva winks MATERNAL BEHAVIOR Females taking care of newborn and young animals Mothers clean young by licking them Mothers fight off intruders Become aggressive in protecting they young after birth
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