AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Imprinting is a form of rapid, supposedly irreversible learning that results from exposure to an object during a specific period (a critical or sensitive period) during early life and produces a preference for the imprinted object.

Detailed explanation-2: -Imprinting is a crucial factor of the critical period because it facilitates the newborn’s abilities to form bonds with other individuals, from infancy to adulthood.

Detailed explanation-3: -Habituation is a simple learned behavior in which an animal gradually stops responding to a repeated stimulus. Imprinting is a specialized form of learning that occurs during a brief period in young animals-e.g., ducks imprinting on their mother.