Chapter 43.4, Problem 1BC

Summary Introduction

To write:

Predators learn to avoid bad-tasting prey by habituation, classical conditioning, or by operant conditioning.

Introduction:

Predators are those animals who feed on other animals or prey.

An organism learns to ignore a repeated stimulus in habituation. It is a psychological and simplest form of the learning process. During habitat, fewer neurotransmitters are free on the synapse.

A volunteer response comes to be linked with a stimulus (e.g. food) that did not formerly provoke the response in classical conditioning.

A process of learning that takes place through punishments for behavior and rewards is called operant conditioning. It is also called trial-and-error learning.