Veterinary Assistant Final Exam Study Guide
(solved) Fall 2024/2025.
BF Skinner was one of the founders of what academic discipline?
Operant conditioning / behaviorism
Positive reinforcement
By adding something the animal wants; you increase the likely hood the behavior will occur again
Negative reinforcement
By removing something aversive, you increase the like hood of the behavior will occur again
positive punishment
By adding something the animal dislikes or finds aversive you decrease the like hood of the behavior will
occur again
negative punishment
By removing something that the animal wants; you decrease the likely hood that the behavior will occur
again
What did Breland and Breland accomplish?
The misbehavior of organisms
What is Bob Bailey known for?
Running chicken camps
What is Instinctual drift?
the tendency of the animal to revert to instinctive behaviors that interfere with a conditioned response
What is ethology?
the study of animal behavior
what is reinforcement?
to increase the probability of a behavior occurring in the future- it encourages the target behavior
What do you have figure out before choosing a reinforce?
are you trying to maintain or increase a desired behavior or trying to reduce or eliminate a behavior
what is motivation?
the desire to do things
(solved) Fall 2024/2025.
BF Skinner was one of the founders of what academic discipline?
Operant conditioning / behaviorism
Positive reinforcement
By adding something the animal wants; you increase the likely hood the behavior will occur again
Negative reinforcement
By removing something aversive, you increase the like hood of the behavior will occur again
positive punishment
By adding something the animal dislikes or finds aversive you decrease the like hood of the behavior will
occur again
negative punishment
By removing something that the animal wants; you decrease the likely hood that the behavior will occur
again
What did Breland and Breland accomplish?
The misbehavior of organisms
What is Bob Bailey known for?
Running chicken camps
What is Instinctual drift?
the tendency of the animal to revert to instinctive behaviors that interfere with a conditioned response
What is ethology?
the study of animal behavior
what is reinforcement?
to increase the probability of a behavior occurring in the future- it encourages the target behavior
What do you have figure out before choosing a reinforce?
are you trying to maintain or increase a desired behavior or trying to reduce or eliminate a behavior
what is motivation?
the desire to do things
