Animal cognition

Instinct is the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behaviour, containing innate (inborn) elements. The simplest example of an instinctive behaviour is a fixed action pattern (FAP), in which a very short to medium length sequence of actions, without variation, are carried out in response to a corresponding clearly defined stimulus. thumb|220px|A leatherback turtle [[hatchling makes its way to the open ocean.]] Any behaviour is instinctive if it is performed without being based upon prior experience (that is, in the absence of learning), and is therefore an ex

intelligence of non-human animals

ability of many animals to find their way accurately without maps or instruments

quality or state of self-awareness within an animal

learning that occurs through observing the behaviour of others

collective behaviour of a large number of (usually) self-propelled entities of similar size

emotion in non-human animals

coordinated behavior of large groups of similar animals

biological process

law of parsimony in comparative (animal) psychology

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a field of science

ability to modify and acquire sounds via imitation to produce vocalizations

ability of creatures to represent and discriminate quantities of relative sizes by number sense

list of studies

bond that is formed between animals of different species

theory of comparative psychology

concept used in the study of the physiological and behavioral effects of hostile interactions

experimental design