Question

___ is the rapid learning that occurs during a brief receptive period, typically soon after birth or hatching, and establishes a long-lasting behavioural response to a specific individual or object, as an attachment to the parent, offspring, or site.

Answer 1

Imprinting is 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 behaviour. It is the rapid learning that occurs during a brief receptive period, typically soon after birth or hatching, and establishes a long-lasting behavioural response to a specific individual or object, as an attachment to the parent, offspring, or site.