ET 110 Midterm Study Guide questions and
answers Graded A+
what is the most common reason for dogs and cats to be surrendered to animal shelters? -
✅✅problem behavior
anthromorphism - ✅✅presents a significant risk to animal welfare
fear and stress are what? - ✅✅adaptive
genetics play an important role in what? - ✅✅animal behavior and personality
nurse's role - ✅✅pre-acquisition consulting, triaging emergencies and high-risk pets,
obtaining a behavior history and reviewing it with vet, educating client, assisting with
implementation of strategies, evaluating non-veterinary referrals, acting as a case manager,
providing emotional support for clients
behavior consultants and trainers - ✅✅very little regulation, "referral village", referred
professionals must use safe, appropriate, effective methods
behavior modification - ✅✅successfully aligning animal behavior with human expectation
types of behavior modification - ✅✅classical conditioning, counterconditioning,
desensitization, sensitization, habituation, operant conditioning
classical conditioning - ✅✅association of one stimulus with another stimulus that already
evokes a response
pair something neutral or bad with pleasurable stimulus for a conditioned response
, example of classical conditioning - ✅✅syringe and food treat
counterconditioning - ✅✅replace an existing conditioned response
requires a thorough plan and a desensitization ladder
desensitization - ✅✅uses very gradually increased planned exposures
sensitization - ✅✅intensity of response to same stimulus gets STRONGER over time
habituation - ✅✅intensity of response to same stimulus gets WEAKER over time
operant conditioning (instrumental conditioning) - ✅✅consequences drive future behavior:
reinforcement- more of behavior
punishment- less of behavior
positive reinforcement (PREFERRED) - ✅✅animal does behavior, trainer rewards
relies on pleasant interactions, predictability, and trust
negative reinforcement - ✅✅aversive stimulus is removed when animal does desired
behavior
problem- ethically questionable
negative punishment - ✅✅pleasant stimulus removed when animal does undesirable
behavior
problem- does not teach correct behavior, can cause confusion and frustration in animal
positive punishment - ✅✅aversive stimulus is added so animal stops the behavior
answers Graded A+
what is the most common reason for dogs and cats to be surrendered to animal shelters? -
✅✅problem behavior
anthromorphism - ✅✅presents a significant risk to animal welfare
fear and stress are what? - ✅✅adaptive
genetics play an important role in what? - ✅✅animal behavior and personality
nurse's role - ✅✅pre-acquisition consulting, triaging emergencies and high-risk pets,
obtaining a behavior history and reviewing it with vet, educating client, assisting with
implementation of strategies, evaluating non-veterinary referrals, acting as a case manager,
providing emotional support for clients
behavior consultants and trainers - ✅✅very little regulation, "referral village", referred
professionals must use safe, appropriate, effective methods
behavior modification - ✅✅successfully aligning animal behavior with human expectation
types of behavior modification - ✅✅classical conditioning, counterconditioning,
desensitization, sensitization, habituation, operant conditioning
classical conditioning - ✅✅association of one stimulus with another stimulus that already
evokes a response
pair something neutral or bad with pleasurable stimulus for a conditioned response
, example of classical conditioning - ✅✅syringe and food treat
counterconditioning - ✅✅replace an existing conditioned response
requires a thorough plan and a desensitization ladder
desensitization - ✅✅uses very gradually increased planned exposures
sensitization - ✅✅intensity of response to same stimulus gets STRONGER over time
habituation - ✅✅intensity of response to same stimulus gets WEAKER over time
operant conditioning (instrumental conditioning) - ✅✅consequences drive future behavior:
reinforcement- more of behavior
punishment- less of behavior
positive reinforcement (PREFERRED) - ✅✅animal does behavior, trainer rewards
relies on pleasant interactions, predictability, and trust
negative reinforcement - ✅✅aversive stimulus is removed when animal does desired
behavior
problem- ethically questionable
negative punishment - ✅✅pleasant stimulus removed when animal does undesirable
behavior
problem- does not teach correct behavior, can cause confusion and frustration in animal
positive punishment - ✅✅aversive stimulus is added so animal stops the behavior
