Imprinting
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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IMPRINTING acquisition of behavior in many animal species, in...a critical period early in life, the animals form strong...important for normal social development. The term was first used...a biologically fixed time span; it is very difficult to...object, and later social behaviors, such as the greeting ceremony...