Imprinting (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Animal Behavior, Psychology.
  1. rapid learning that occurs during a brief receptive period, typically soon after birth or hatching, and establishes a long-lasting behavioral response to a specific individual or object, as attachment to parent, offspring, or site.
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  1. the development through exceptionally fast learning in young animals of recognition of and attraction to members of their own species or to surrogates
    Imprinting (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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