Nesting Behavior:

Terms Related to Nesting Behavior

• Appetitive Behavior

  Animal searching behavior. The variable introductory phase of an instinctive behavior pattern or sequence, e.g., looking for food, or sequential courtship patterns prior to mating.

• Head Banging

  Motor behavior that is repetitive, often seemingly driven, and nonfunctional. This behavior markedly interferes with normal activities or results in severe bodily self-injury. The behavior ...

• Compulsive Behavior

  The behavior of performing an act persistently and repetitively without it leading to reward or pleasure. The act is usually a small, circumscribed behavior, almost ...

• Animal Eliminative Behavior

  Behavior associated with the elimination of feces and urine from the body.