Avoidance behaviour

Introduction
Factors in avoidance behaviour
- Specific stimuli
- Pain, startle, and novelty
- Passive and active avoidance
- Punishment
- Hormonal effects
Functions of avoidance behaviour
- Fleeing and escape
- Freezing
- Protection reflexes, armour, and spines
- Warning behaviour

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A fluffy gray cat clings to the trunk of a tree, looking upward as it climbs to escape.

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