In the case of animals, this usually means associative learning.
Under these circumstances, the behavior is learned by associative learning rather than instinctive.
If we are right in our inferences about the rules for associative learning, they clearly do seem to have adapted qualities.
From a recent study, it was discussed that associative learning is the process where an individual develops color preferences.
Contrast set learning is a form of associative learning.
But smell, more so than any other sense, is also intimately linked to the parts of the brain that process emotion and associative learning.
After it has served its purpose, though, this sign stimulus is replaced by associative learning with a far more detailed picture of the flower.
We see no way to account for this behaviour on the basis of either associative or trial-and-error learning.
The two forms of associative learning are classical and operant conditioning.
Cue recruitment is a form of associative learning in human perception.