imprinting behavior

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• imprinting — [im print′iŋ] n. Psychol. a learning mechanism operating very early in the life of an animal, in which a particular stimulus immediately establishes an irreversible behavior pattern with reference to the same stimulus in the future …   English World dictionary

• Imprinting (psychology) — This article is about the psychological term. For other meanings, see imprinting. Imprinting is the term used in psychology and ethology to describe any kind of phase sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life …   Wikipedia

• imprinting — A particular kind of learning characterized by its occurrence in the first few hours of life, and which determines species recognition behavior. genomic i. epigenetic process that leads to inactivation of paternal or maternal allele of certain… …   Medical dictionary

• imprinting — noun Date: 1937 a rapid learning process that takes place early in the life of a social animal (as a goose) and establishes a behavior pattern (as recognition of and attraction to its own kind or a substitute) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• imprinting — noun Any kind of phase sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior …   Wiktionary

• Imprinting, psychological — A remarkable genetic phenomenon that occurs in animals, and theoretically humans, in the first hours of life. The newborn creature bonds to the type of animals it meets at birth, and begins to pattern its behavior after them. In humans, this is… …   Medical dictionary

• Genomic imprinting — is a genetic phenomenon by which certain genes are expressed in a parent of origin specific manner. It is an inheritance process independent of the classical Mendelian inheritance. Imprinted genes are either expressed only from the allele… …   Wikipedia

• Psychological imprinting — A remarkable genetic phenomenon that occurs in animals, and theoretically humans, in the first hours of life. The newborn creature bonds to the type of animals it meets at birth, and begins to pattern its behavior after them. In humans, this is… …   Medical dictionary

• Biological psychology — In psychology, biological psychology, also known as biopsychology, psychobiology, or behavioral neuroscience [http://www.m w.com/cgi bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla search va=psychobiology Merriam Webster s Online Dictionary » Psychobiology] >]… …   Wikipedia

• Timeline of biology and organic chemistry — A timeline of significant events in biology and organic chemistryBefore 1600* c. 450 B.C. Sushruta writes the Sushruta Samhita , describing over 120 surgical instruments and 300 surgical procedures, classifies human surgery in 8 categories, and… …   Wikipedia

• animal learning — ▪ zoology Introduction       the alternation of behaviour as a result of individual experience. When an organism can perceive and change its behaviour, it is said to learn.       That animals can learn seems to go without saying. The cat that… …   Universalium