Mimicry Mimicry is the similarity of one organism (the

mimic) to another (the model) that enhances the

mimic's fitness through its effect on the behavior of a
third party, the operator.
From: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2013

Mimicry, in biology, phenomenon characterized by the

superficial resemblance of two or more organisms
that are not closely related taxonomically. This
resemblance confers an advantage—such as protection
from predation—upon one or both organisms by which
the organisms deceive the animate agent of natural
selection.

What is mimicry in psychology?

The social psychological studies providing evidence for

the social side of imitation have mostly focused on
human mimicry. In this field, mimicry is defined
as unconscious or automatic imitation of gestures,
behaviours, facial expressions, speech and
movements.

Mimicry is the art of copying, which is innate to

humans. It occurs when infants who hear
someone crying will start crying as well, or when
you unconsciously imitate someone else's accent.
Evolution allows animals to mimic something by
passing on the genes necessary to their
offsprings. If an animal doesn’t blend in, for
example a white moth on brown trees, they’ll get
spotted and eaten without passing their genes.
Other animals try to look like more threatening
species to scare off predators.

Humans can’t really train these animals to do what

they want. What would be the point in doing that? I
guess humans can train dogs to blend in with the
environment to improve hunting, but that’s about
all I can think of.