BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
BEHAVIOR GENETICS
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A way in which a living thing responds to its environment
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a characteristic of a living thing
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a characteristic a living thing gets during its lifetime
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inherited behaviors
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Detailed explanation-1: -All living things are able to respond to stimuli in the external environment. For example, living things respond to changes in light, heat, sound, and chemical and mechanical contact. To detect stimuli, organisms have means for receiving information, such as eyes, ears, and taste buds.
Detailed explanation-2: -A dog salivating at the smell of food, a flower opening in sunlight and a worm crawling towards moisture are examples of organisms responding to stimuli from their surroundings.
Detailed explanation-3: -Anything that causes a living organism to react is called a stimulus. All living organisms respond to their environment. Response to stimuli is an important characteristic of life.
Detailed explanation-4: -Animals may respond to environmental stimuli through behaviors that include hibernation, migration, defense, and courtship. As a result of cold, winter weather (stimulus) some animals will hibernate.
Detailed explanation-5: -When a living thing responds to its environment, it is responding to a stimulus. A stimulus (stimuli, plural) is something in the environment that causes a reaction in an organism. The reaction a stimulus produces is called a response.