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acquired behaviour

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noun

  1. psychol the behaviour of an organism resulting from the effects of the environment

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The researchers first trained two captured marmosets to get their treat out of the box in two different ways, either by popping open a lid or by pulling a drawer, and shot videos of the two monkeys' acquired behaviour so that they could serve as unwitting instructors.

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