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BF Skinner was one of the founders of what academic discipline? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Operant conditioning / behaviorism
Positive reinforcement - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔By adding something the animal
wants; you increase the likely hood the behavior will occur again
Negative reinforcement - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔By removing something aversive,
you increase the like hood of the behavior will occur again
positive punishment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔By adding something the animal
dislikes or finds aversive you decrease the like hood of the behavior will
occur again
,negative punishment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔By removing something that the
animal wants; you decrease the likely hood that the behavior will occur
again
What did Breland and Breland accomplish? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
misbehavior of organisms
What is Bob Bailey known for? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Running chicken camps
What is Instinctual drift? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the tendency of the animal to
revert to instinctive behaviors that interfere with a conditioned response
What is ethology? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of animal behavior
what is reinforcement? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔are you trying to maintain or increase a desired behavior or trying to
reduce or eliminate a behavior
what is motivation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the desire to do things
Who is Ian Dunbar? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A veterinarian, animal behaviorist,
and writer
,what did Ian Dunbar contribute to dog training? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔positive
reinforcement and motivation
what is owner directed aggression in dogs? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aggression
that is directed to family members or house mates (members of the dogs
social group)
what is the most common type of aggression between dogs who live
together? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sibling rivalry
Fear-induced - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aggression towards strangers at home or in
other environments
Redirected - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aggression directed toward a member of the
social group that did not actually induce the aggression
maternal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔mom protecting her puppies
what behavioral changes have occurred in dogs that make them different
from wolves? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔dogs don't pack, dogs have social
variability, dogs have a less ritualized social communication system then
wolves, dogs don't do ritualized greeting
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, What is dominance in dogs? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔priority access to preferred
limited resources
two dominance signals in dogs. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔snaps and growls
four triggers for owner directed aggression. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔may not
tolerate eye contact, may bite if awaken suddenly, resists discipline, resists
restraint
what is fear aggression? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aggression that directed to
strangers that is usually towards men and children
what are calming signals - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔signals that help calm the dog
when he/she feels nervous fear, Nosie or anything unpleasant
what is affective aggression in cats? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aggression that
means the cats emotions are clearly involved and it can be offensive or
defensive
what is predatory aggression in cats? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aggression that is
quiet biting aggression and it is not emotional or affective
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BF Skinner was one of the founders of what academic discipline? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Operant conditioning / behaviorism
Positive reinforcement - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔By adding something the animal
wants; you increase the likely hood the behavior will occur again
Negative reinforcement - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔By removing something aversive,
you increase the like hood of the behavior will occur again
positive punishment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔By adding something the animal
dislikes or finds aversive you decrease the like hood of the behavior will
occur again
,negative punishment - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔By removing something that the
animal wants; you decrease the likely hood that the behavior will occur
again
What did Breland and Breland accomplish? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The
misbehavior of organisms
What is Bob Bailey known for? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Running chicken camps
What is Instinctual drift? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the tendency of the animal to
revert to instinctive behaviors that interfere with a conditioned response
What is ethology? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the study of animal behavior
what is reinforcement? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔are you trying to maintain or increase a desired behavior or trying to
reduce or eliminate a behavior
what is motivation? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the desire to do things
Who is Ian Dunbar? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A veterinarian, animal behaviorist,
and writer
,what did Ian Dunbar contribute to dog training? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔positive
reinforcement and motivation
what is owner directed aggression in dogs? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aggression
that is directed to family members or house mates (members of the dogs
social group)
what is the most common type of aggression between dogs who live
together? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sibling rivalry
Fear-induced - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aggression towards strangers at home or in
other environments
Redirected - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aggression directed toward a member of the
social group that did not actually induce the aggression
maternal - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔mom protecting her puppies
what behavioral changes have occurred in dogs that make them different
from wolves? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔dogs don't pack, dogs have social
variability, dogs have a less ritualized social communication system then
wolves, dogs don't do ritualized greeting
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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, What is dominance in dogs? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔priority access to preferred
limited resources
two dominance signals in dogs. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔snaps and growls
four triggers for owner directed aggression. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔may not
tolerate eye contact, may bite if awaken suddenly, resists discipline, resists
restraint
what is fear aggression? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aggression that directed to
strangers that is usually towards men and children
what are calming signals - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔signals that help calm the dog
when he/she feels nervous fear, Nosie or anything unpleasant
what is affective aggression in cats? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aggression that
means the cats emotions are clearly involved and it can be offensive or
defensive
what is predatory aggression in cats? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aggression that is
quiet biting aggression and it is not emotional or affective
