IMPRINTINGS (PSYCHOLOGY)
\ɪmpɹˈɪntɪŋz sa͡ɪkˈɒləd͡ʒi], \ɪmpɹˈɪntɪŋz saɪkˈɒlədʒi], \ɪ_m_p_ɹ_ˈɪ_n_t_ɪ_ŋ_z__ s_aɪ_k_ˈɒ_l_ə_dʒ_i]\
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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 most (or all) behavior commonly called instinctive, but imprinting is used purely descriptively.
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