Animal Behaviour Definitions

Question 1

What is normal behaviour ?

Answer 1

It serves a function, performed in correct context, expected of physically and psychologically healthy animals.

Question 2

What is abnormal behaviour?

Answer 2

Falls outside of the normal behaviour pattern for the animals class or age, occurs at a different frequency or intensity than would be considered normal, out of context.

Question 3

what is undesirable behaviour?

Answer 3

Includes normal behaviour for the animal that poses a problem for the owner/ person

Question 4

what is non- associated learning?

Answer 4

Learning to respond to one stimulus, not associated with anything else, happening all the time but you are unaware of it happening, simple learning

Question 5

What is systematic desensitisation ?

Answer 5

It’s a type of habituation, low intensity - strategic and gradual, slow and low level, generally more effective, lasts a longer time and goes at the animals pace and emotional threshold

Question 6

What is flooding?

Answer 6

It’s a type of habituation, high intensity, all at once, fast (if it works) can be effectively (generally not with animals as you cannot rationalise fears) not as long lasting

Question 7

What is classical conditioning?

Answer 7

Learning to associate one stimulus (such as food) with another (such as a clicker), regularly used in animal training, often happens without you being aware of it

Question 8

What is counter conditioning?

Answer 8

Changes a response. For example, if a dog already has a conditioned response to a stimulus, you can change it ( normally negative to positive) as they already associate that stimulus with another

Question 9

What is operant conditioning?

Answer 9

Learning through consequence

Question 10

What is positive reinforcement ?

Answer 10

Something is being added, behaviour is strengthened

Question 11

What is positive punishment?

Answer 11

Something is being added, behaviour is weakened

Question 12

What is negative reinforcement ?

Answer 12

Something is removed, behaviour is strengthened

Question 13

What is negative punishment?

Answer 13

Something is removed, behaviour is weakened

Question 14

What is Habituation?

Answer 14

The process of decreasing an innate response to a frequently repeated stimulus

Question 15

What is sensitisation?

Answer 15

The process of increasing an innate response to a frequently repeated stimulus, primarily increase fear respond

Question 16

Describe how classical conditioning works:

Answer 16

Classic conditioning occurs when two stimuli are associated with eachother to produce a learned response. If you pair a neutral stimulus with an unconditioned stimulus that already triggers an unconditioned response the neutral stimulus will become a conditioned stimulus. This then triggers a conditioned response similar to the original unconditioned response.

Question 17

Pavlov’s dogs classical conditioning described:

Answer 17

1. Before conditioning:
   - food (unconditional stimulus) ↗️ salvation ( unconditional response)
2. Before conditioning:
   - Bell ringing (neutral stimulus) ↗️ no salvation (no conditional response)
3. During conditioning:
   - bell ringing + food ↗️ salvation (unconditional response)
4. After conditioning:
   - bell ringing (conditional stimulus) ↗️ salvation (conditional response)

Question 18

ABC table (operant conditioning)

Answer 18

A- antecedent = a cause of behaviour
B- behaviour = doing the behaviour
C- consequence = receive consequence regarding behaviour performed