Crossword clues for imprinting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
imprinting \im*print"ing\, n. (Ethology, Psychology) The learning of a behavioral pattern that occurs soon after birth or hatching in certain animals, in which a long-lasting response to an individual (such as a parent) or an object is rapidly acquired; it is particularly noted in the response of certain birds to the animal they first see after hatching, usually the parent, as in ducks who will follow the adult duck they first see.
Wiktionary
n. (context psychology ethology English) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior. vb. (present participle of imprint English)
WordNet
n. a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
Wikipedia
In psychology and ethology, imprinting is any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior. It was first used to describe situations in which an animal or person learns the characteristics of some stimulus, which is therefore said to be "imprinted" onto the subject. Imprinting is hypothesized to have a critical period.
In organizational theory and organizational behavior, imprinting is a core concept describing how the past affects the present. Imprinting is generally defined as a process whereby, during a brief period of susceptibility, a focal entity or actor (such as an industry, organization, or an individual) develops characteristics that reflect prominent features of the environment, and these characteristics continue to persist despite significant environmental changes in subsequent periods. This definition emphasizes three key elements of imprinting:
- brief sensitive periods of transition during which the focal entity exhibits high susceptibility to external influences;
- a process whereby the focal entity comes to reflect elements of its environment during a sensitive period; and
- the persistence of imprints despite subsequent environmental changes.
Usage examples of "imprinting".
To my left, the equipment had to do with dittoing, as you'd expect -- freezers, imprinting units, kilns, and such, plus a few I didn't recognize.
Shortly after pummeling me, they all departed, leaving me tied up in that basement factory between two autokilns that were busily cranking out cheap Wammaker copies, imprinting their kinky-specialist personalities from that little ivory they had ditnapped.
Many folks consider imprinting private, like getting dressed in the morning.
Instead of just imprinting and inloading between different versions of yourself, you'd be able to swap days, weeks, or even a lifetime of knowledge and experience with someone else.
That thought, mixed with the turbid sensations of imprinting, left me feeling a bit queasy.
It grew stifling, especially when the perceptron tendrils entered both nostrils for the final and deepest phase of imprinting -- the phase called "breath of life.
Beyond, I see storage freezers for raw blanks, several imprinting units, and a large kiln for baking fresh duplicates.
For years Aeneas Kaolin nagged Father to work on one of the hardest questions in soulistics -- the non-homologous imprinting problem.
Using a controller, he used them to force me, marionettelike, onto a machine that looked like a souped-up imprinting unit.
Maharal was trying to distract me, so my anger wouldn't interfere with the imprinting process.
But this time, after all those eerie sensations I went through during imprinting, it seemed compulsory to meet the small one's gaze.
Better still if you do find a few trustworthy allies to share the imprinting chores, since they may have skills you lack.
Indeed, today's heartless version of capital punishment severs a felon's Bevvisov-nexus, preventing him from imprinting, trapping him forever in the confines of a single body.
A rich man can keep imprinting enough fancy dittos to make any job manageable.
One conveyed a surface map of the region, portraying the army base with its training, relaxation, tanning, and imprinting facilities, along with nearby four-star hotels that cater to avid fight fans.