Penn Foster Semester 1 Study
Ethology - answer Signifies the science of character.
Evolution - answer Natural process of slow change and development that gradually
leads to new species of plants and animals.
Species - answer Classification given to a group of animals who can produce young.
Classical Ethology - answer Asserts that much of what animals know is instinctive or
innate
Animal psychology was founded on? - answer Pavlov’s discovery that animals could
learn to build novel associations between various stimuli.
Behaviorism - answerBehavior is learned rather than genetically programmed.
Stimulus Response Theory - answerAll complex forms of behavior, including emotions,
thoughts, and habits, are complex muscular and glandular responses that can be
observed and measured.
Stimulus Responses are... - answerMuscular and glandular responses.
Classical Conditioning - answerThe association of stimuli that happens at approximately
the same time.
Operant Conditioning - answerThe association of an activity with punishment or reward.
Sociobiology - answerThe study of the biological basis of social behavior.
Instinct - answerAn animals natural and inherent ability to perform such tasks as
hunting, feeding, and mating.
Positive Reinforcement - answerRefers to any immediate pleasant occurrence used to
create desired behavior.
Negative Reinforcement - answerRefers to any immediate unpleasant occurrence used
to create a desired behavior.
Imprinting - answerA rapid learning process that enables the very young to recognize
and bond with their caretaker.
Sensitive Period - answerPeriod of time when imprinting occurs.
, Conditioned Stimulus - answerSensory input unrelated to a simple reflex behavior.
Unconditioned Stimulus - answerSensory input that produces a simple reflex behavior.
Fixed Action Patterns - answerA term used by early ethologists to describe stereotypical
or predictable behaviors of a species.
Function - answerSurvival Rate.
Naturalist - answerNatural scientists.
Nature-Nurture Controversy - answerThe crux of two opposing schools: Classical
Ethology and Animal Psychology.
Unconditioned Response - answerA simple reflex behavior.
Operant - answerFunctioning or tending to produce effect.
Charles Darwin - answerRevolutionized much of the study of biology and ethology with
his theory of evolution and he believed that animal behavior was generated by instinct.
Ivan Pavlov - answerChallenged the notion of animal behavior being purely instinctual.
Behaviorism - answerOriginated with American Psychologist John B Watson, who
formulated Stimulus Response Theory.
Punishment - answerAn unpleasant occurrence used to eliminate an undesirable
behavior.
Positive Punishment - answerAdding an unpleasant occurrence at the time of a
behavior to stop it.
Negative Punishment - answerRemoving the desired end result to stop a behavior.
When is the animals socialization period? - answerCat is 2-8 weeks
Dogs is 4-14 weeks
Aggression - answerBehavior bred from an impulse to harm another being.
Dance - answerComplex pattern of movements performed by a bee that directs other
bee's to food.
Habituation - answerThe process of learning that certain objects and events have little
bearing on survival and can thus be ignored.
Ethology - answer Signifies the science of character.
Evolution - answer Natural process of slow change and development that gradually
leads to new species of plants and animals.
Species - answer Classification given to a group of animals who can produce young.
Classical Ethology - answer Asserts that much of what animals know is instinctive or
innate
Animal psychology was founded on? - answer Pavlov’s discovery that animals could
learn to build novel associations between various stimuli.
Behaviorism - answerBehavior is learned rather than genetically programmed.
Stimulus Response Theory - answerAll complex forms of behavior, including emotions,
thoughts, and habits, are complex muscular and glandular responses that can be
observed and measured.
Stimulus Responses are... - answerMuscular and glandular responses.
Classical Conditioning - answerThe association of stimuli that happens at approximately
the same time.
Operant Conditioning - answerThe association of an activity with punishment or reward.
Sociobiology - answerThe study of the biological basis of social behavior.
Instinct - answerAn animals natural and inherent ability to perform such tasks as
hunting, feeding, and mating.
Positive Reinforcement - answerRefers to any immediate pleasant occurrence used to
create desired behavior.
Negative Reinforcement - answerRefers to any immediate unpleasant occurrence used
to create a desired behavior.
Imprinting - answerA rapid learning process that enables the very young to recognize
and bond with their caretaker.
Sensitive Period - answerPeriod of time when imprinting occurs.
, Conditioned Stimulus - answerSensory input unrelated to a simple reflex behavior.
Unconditioned Stimulus - answerSensory input that produces a simple reflex behavior.
Fixed Action Patterns - answerA term used by early ethologists to describe stereotypical
or predictable behaviors of a species.
Function - answerSurvival Rate.
Naturalist - answerNatural scientists.
Nature-Nurture Controversy - answerThe crux of two opposing schools: Classical
Ethology and Animal Psychology.
Unconditioned Response - answerA simple reflex behavior.
Operant - answerFunctioning or tending to produce effect.
Charles Darwin - answerRevolutionized much of the study of biology and ethology with
his theory of evolution and he believed that animal behavior was generated by instinct.
Ivan Pavlov - answerChallenged the notion of animal behavior being purely instinctual.
Behaviorism - answerOriginated with American Psychologist John B Watson, who
formulated Stimulus Response Theory.
Punishment - answerAn unpleasant occurrence used to eliminate an undesirable
behavior.
Positive Punishment - answerAdding an unpleasant occurrence at the time of a
behavior to stop it.
Negative Punishment - answerRemoving the desired end result to stop a behavior.
When is the animals socialization period? - answerCat is 2-8 weeks
Dogs is 4-14 weeks
Aggression - answerBehavior bred from an impulse to harm another being.
Dance - answerComplex pattern of movements performed by a bee that directs other
bee's to food.
Habituation - answerThe process of learning that certain objects and events have little
bearing on survival and can thus be ignored.
