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Penn Foster Vet Tech Behavior

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show the ethological approach that states behavior is learned rather than genetically programmed  
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show the type of conditioned learning that associates stimuli occurring at approximately the same time or in roughly the same area  
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show The ethological approach asserting that much of what animals know is instinctive or innate  
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show Sensory input unrelated to a simple reflex behavior  
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show The study of animal organisms as descended from common ancestors  
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Evolution   show
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Fixed action patterns   show
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show In ethological terms, survival value  
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show The process of learning that certain objects and events have little bearing on survival and can thus be ignored  
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Imprinting   show
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Innate   show
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Instinct   show
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Instrumental Learning   show
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show The process that awards survival and reproductive success to individuals and groups best adjusted to their environment  
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show Natural Scientists  
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show The crux of towo opposing schools; Classical ethology, which views animal behavior as primarily instinctive, and animal psychology, which views animal behavior as primarily learned  
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Operant Conditioning   show
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Operant   show
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show After giving birth to offspring  
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show A specific stage early in an animal's life when imprinting occurs  
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Social Behavior   show
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Socialization   show
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show The study of the biological bases of social behavior  
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Spraying   show
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Stimulus Response Theory   show
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show Prone to defining and defending areas of sleep, eating, exercise and play  
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Unconditioned Response   show
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Unconditioned Stimulus   show
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Wobble   show
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Recognition of Individuals   show
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House soiling   show
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show A complex pattern of movements performed by a bee that directs other bees to a food source  
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show When a cat urinates or defecates someplace other than its litterbox  
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show 5 minutes  
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show The goal of reprimanding a pet is to associate a behavior with danger or disorientation  
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What is the behavior modification technique that involves elimination of a probelm behavior by completely removing the reinforcement for the behavior   show
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What do long-term pharmaceutical approaches to problem behavior usually involve   show
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What is one of the best ways to correct a biting habit in birds   show
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show Inherited or genetically coded responses to environmental stimuli  
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show 20 seconds  
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What is an aggression that ananimal learns to avoid an uncomfortable stimulus?   show
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What is a dog suffering from when he exhibits destructive behavior only when the owners are away   show
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What type of aggression is an animal most likely exhibiting that doesn't give a warning or threat prior to biting?   show
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show 8-10 weeks  
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What do the best techniques for housbreaking involve   show
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When does the critical socializtion period for felines occur?   show
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What should multiple-cat households have   show
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show During the Critical Period  
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What is the survival value of certain types of behavior often reffered to?   show
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Who is considered the foremost expert on the mechanism of operant conditioning?   show
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Briefly describe Pavlov's famous experiment in classical conditioning   show
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Who formulated the stimulus response theorty   show
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Who was the American psychologist that originated behaviorism?   show
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What theory was published in 1859, in a book entitled "On the Origin of Species?"   show
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show Charles Darwin's theories  
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show It was based on Pavlov's experiments  
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What is an example of B.F. Skinner's experiments based on operant conditioning?   show
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What did ethologits Niko Tinbergen, Karl von Frisch, and Konrad lorenz win a Nobel prize in 1973   show
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Positive Reinforcement   show
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show Anyimmediate unpleasant occurance used to create a desired behavior  
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show It is used to decrease a behavior (rather than increase a behavior as in negative reinforcement)  
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show It involves "adding" a undesirable occurance to decrease a behavior  
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show It involves "removing" a desirable occurance to decrease a behavior  
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show From 4 to 14 weeks  
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show Behavior bred from an impulse to harm another being  
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show Between 8 and 10 weeks of age and near puberty  
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Separation Anxiety   show
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show Conflict-related aggression occurs when a dog is exposed to an uncomfortable or uncertain stimulus or conflict. The dog has learned that aggression will allow it to avoid the conflict and uses aggression to lessen its fear of the stimulus  
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Avoidance Conditioning   show
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Fear-induced Aggression   show
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show Instinct to hunt. Predatory aggression differs from other forms of aggression in that the animal won't first give a woarning in the form of a growl or other threatening behavior  
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Pain-induced Agression   show
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Inter-male Agression   show
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show Aggressive tendencies related to territoy. Dogs have a tendency to be aggressive toweard humans that aren't family members, while cats tend to be aggressive towards other cats in their perceived territory.  
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show Rare, but a normal instinct in the postparturition period developed to protect an animal's yound from danger  
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What are the most common problems bird owners confront?   show
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What are reasons a bird screams or squawks?   show
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show 1. Fear 2. Excitement 3. Aggression  
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What are the most common problems rodent owners confront   show
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show Behavioral History Form  
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What are 4 basic factors that apply to all forms of treatment for problem behaviors?   show
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show 1. Edible 2. Vocal  
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What are common treatment techniques for behavior modification?   show
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show This technique involves giving a command and immediately rewarding the desired response everytime it is performed, until the pet responds consistantly.  
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show A clicker is used to signal to the animal that it performed th right behavior and will receive a reward.  
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Extinction   show
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Aversion Therapy   show
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show The use of negative reinforcement to diminish a problem behavior. It is used to discourage the animal from displaying a particular behavior. ie. squirting dog with hose whenever he barks (dog sholdn't see owner)  
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Habituation   show
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Punishment   show
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show Replaces an undesirable behavior with a desirabe one. it takes a stimulus linded to a negativ eemotion and reconditions/counterconditions the animal by linking the stimulus to be a positive emotional response.  
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Desensitization   show
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show Harmonal therapy, which involves administration of gonadal hormones, in particular, progestin.  
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What are 3 other methods to treat behavior problems other than through training techniques   show
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Dominance aggression   show
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show 1. Move cage's location to quiet squawking 2. Cover cage for 5-10 minutes to quiet squawking  
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show Place cage in tub 2. Lift animal from cage with a cup and place it in th tub 3. Allow the animal some time to calm down and ge used to tub 4. climb in tub with animal 5. still while animal adjusts to your presence 6. hold hand out on bottom of tub and le  
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