Animal Science Vocabulary

The actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external or internal stimuli.

Something causing or regarded as causing a response.

The ability or tendency of an organism or cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes.

The capacity to acquire and apply knowledge.

Tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind

The periodic state of sexual excitement in the female of most mammals, excluding humans, that immediately precedes ovulation and during which the female is most receptive to mating; heat.

Behaviors that we are born with or haven�t learned

Being an involuntary action or response

An inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli

Behavior that is a result of experience or learning

The simplest type of learning; learning through repetition

A simple type of learning that changes behavior by forming new associations

Forming an attachment to an object or environment soon after hatching or birth; very rapidly formed and cannot ever be changed.

The ability to create a solution to an unfamiliar problem without a period of trial and error

The exchange of information, thoughts, or messages, through speech, signals (signs), writing, or behavior (body language).