Terms Related to Appetitive Behavior

• Consummatory Behavior

  An act which constitutes the termination of a given instinctive behavior pattern or sequence.

• Predatory Behavior

  Instinctual behavior pattern in which food is obtained by killing and consuming other species.

• Nesting Behavior

  Animal behavior associated with the nest; includes construction, effects of size and material; behavior of the adult during the nesting period and the effect of ...

• Imprintings (Psychology)

  A particular kind of learning characterized by occurrence in very early life, rapidity of acquisition, and relative insusceptibility to forgetting or extinction. Imprinted behavior includes ...

• Illness Behavior

  Behavior patterns consistent with those expected of an individual functioning in a state of ill health.

• Animal Mating Behavior

  Sexual activities of animals.

• Paternal Behavior

  The behavior patterns associated with or characteristic of a father.