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Ethology and Behaviorism Flashcards

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Don’t give _____ right away. You don’t want the relationship built off food, even though they’d like it.

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Treats

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Be very obvious in your _____ to your dog. It will be easier for them to understand.

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Signals

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It’s important to show self-control and _____ when interacting with your dog.

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Confidence

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Make sure to have _____ contact.

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Eye

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50% rule. 10 mins training, _____ mins break. Allows for the brain to learn. They can do as they allow, but no pulling on the leash.

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5

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What you _____ is more important than what you say

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Do

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Principle of _____. If two options seem to be equally valid, the simpler one should be preferred.

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Simplicity

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All signals should have _____ forms. Whether they are sound, visual, or tactile.
Animals don’t understand please. Take the fluff out of the communication.

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Simple

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There are four groups of tools at our disposal: positive and negative _____, and positive and negative _____.

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Reinforcers / Inhibitors

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10
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You’re never asking for _____ compliance.

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100%

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What do I give my animal and what do I _____?

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Take

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In dogs there is a sensitive period from the _____rd to _____th week of age. If it goes isolated beyond 14 weeks it will not develop normal relationships.

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3 / 10

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_____ describes any phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.

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Imprinting

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Reasonable _____ on each side create a clear and strong relationship.

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Rules

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Being too “nice” and not setting _____ expectations and boundaries leads to sloppiness, which in turn confuses the dog. Being _____, setting boundaries, and showing expected behaviors will help the dog learn.

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Clear

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_____ behavior can be very hard to stop. Skinner’s experiment where pigeons moved their head like a pendulum (but were fed on time only) still repeated this behavior up to 10,000 times without reinforcement.

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Superstitious

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Dogs are paying more attention to your _____ language.

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Body

We can convey much more to an animal by gentle shifts in our body and posture, by how fast or how slow we move, which direction we take, whether we lean towards or away from it, where and how we look, tone, volume and pitch of our voice, and many other non-verbal factors.

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_____ less, do more.

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Talk

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When using _____ for guiding during training, ensure you still have eye contact.

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Treats

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A _____ _____ schedule (FR) reinforces a ratio. Say every 5 times, written in SMAF as FR5.

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Fixed ratio

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A _____ ratio schedule (VR) is not fixed. VR3/5 shows you’d reward 3 of 5 times.

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Variable

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_____ _____ schedule (FI) FR3M would signify reinforcement on 3 minutes of said behavior.

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Fixed interval

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_____ _____ schedule (VI) is not consistent but on average. VI5M would mean reinforcing on an average of 5 minutes.

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Variable interval

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A _____ _____ (FD) is for CONTINUOUS performance for a set time. FD5M signifies continuous behavior for 5 minutes.

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Fixed duration

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_____ is the RS you will use when implementing a new behavior.

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CRF

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_____ into the dog will stop, or back up a dog.

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Leaning

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Have a neutral and _____ facial expression. When dogs show the right behavior say gently “good” as a verbal reinforcer.

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Glad

28
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Your tone should stay _____ for ALL signals in standard circumstances. Say your signals in your regular tone and pitch.

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Neutral

29
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Don’t get _____ or annoyed. If you do take a break from the session, see where you could change your approach, start again with confidence.

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Frustrated

30
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_____ in yourself that you will succeed is more important than you realize. It produces little changes in your posture, movements, and facial expressions which a dog can detect. No dog will follow someone who is insecure.

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Believing

31
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Observe the dog continuously, focus on the _____.

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Moment

32
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Reinforcing behaviors: Keep _____ contact with the dog, keep your _____ quiet, and whisper “good” every few seconds.

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Eye / Hands

33
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After 6-7 seconds, say “_____”, interrupt eye contact, turn away with confidence but gentle movement, and walk away. Give yourselves each a few seconds to relax (30 ish seconds)

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Free

34
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The Power of Silence: If you don’t need anything, then be _____.

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Quiet

35
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The best _____ are natural ones, stern face, stiff body, assertive voice.

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Inhibitors

36
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In all communication systems, there are three primary elements and one secondary. The three primary elements are _____, _____, and _____. You are the _____ and the animal the _____. The _____ links the sender and receiver together.

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Sender / Signal / Receiver

Sender / Receiver / Signal

37
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Communication elements: The secondary element is the _____

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Environment

38
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Both _____ and _____-stimulation can affect learning.

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Over / Under

39
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What you must do is control _____, you cannot control the environment, so leave it be. You should have direct and sole focus on the animal (“In the zone”)

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Yourself

40
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_____ : The study of heritable changes in the gene activity not caused by changes in the DNA.

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Epigenetics

41
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The right amount of _____facilitates learning.

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Stress

42
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The bottom line is we need to be nuanced about _____. Having a healthy amount of _____, but not over _____.

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Stress / Stress / Stressing

43
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_____ body language will either make your dog nervous or alert to take control over the situation you seem to not want to be in.

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Insecure

44
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_____ Behavior (Latin peace + to make) is all behavior with the function of decreasing, or suppressing an opponent’s hostile behavior

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Pacifying

45
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When puppies are newborns they _____ Nudge to find their mothers tit to suckle. This becomes imprinted as one of their behaviors. In the future they could _____ nudge to turn an unpleasant situation into a pleasant one.

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Muzzle

46
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Insecure or slightly fearful dogs will _____ nudge their opponents showing them their friendly intentions.

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Muzzle

47
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They may _____ nudge us to be reassured, or when feeling pressured.

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Muzzle

48
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Mothers use the muzzle _____ on their young to prevent suckling when weaning.

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Grasp

49
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Adult dogs can Muzzle _______ to claim a resource.

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Grasp

50
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______ Grasp: This is not aggressive behavior. It ranges from pacifying to self-confident and assertive (dominant) behavior depending on the variation, intensity and the individuals concerned.

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Muzzle

51
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The _____ ______ Behavior

When the dog _____ one hind leg out, most frequently from sitting. Shows in cases where the dog would be very insecure. The twist can be succeeded by a half roll onto its back and showing its belly. The _____ is accompanied by laid back ears, semi-closed eyes, champing, and paw lifting (vacuum pawing) It’s mostly seen in puppies and youngsters, but can be seen in insecure adults.

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Canine Twist

Twists / Twist

52
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The _______ ______ is also seen when they are insecure or feel threatened.

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Canine Twist

53
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When a dog _____ another with it’s hip or rear end. Usually seen with dogs with humans in greeting ceremonies.

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Nudges

54
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The _____ _____ is a pacifying behavior. It signals friendliness. Turning its back to you shows it has no intentions on attacking (it’s turning its teeth away) Also showing they trust you.

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Hip nudge

55
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Face ______ demonstrates friendliness, an attempt at pacifying us. To reach peace.

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Licking

56
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Canine mothers _____ their young, not to clean them, but to promote physiological processes such as urination, defecating, and even digestion.

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Lick

57
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_____ behavior relates to survival and well-being. If a dog licks your face: close your eyes, yawn, and turn your head away. That shows acceptance of the offer of friendship.

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Pacifying

58
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Never touch the animal before the animal _____ you to do it.

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Invites

59
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Don’t _____ them right away. _____ is for friends, you’re not friends yet.

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Feed / Feeding

60
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Give them _____ and _____, this will give them a good impression of you. Then you can begin to build the relationship step by step.

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Time and space

61
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_____ Behavior is doing the same as others do. Examples in dogs are walking, running, sitting, laying down, getting up, sleeping, barking and howling. They have a strong probability of stimulating others to do the same.

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Allelomimetic

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Howling together functions as a social _____. If the higher ranking wolf howls, you’ll hear the rest in unison more frequently the higher they are in status.

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Bond

63
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Puppies show the Allelomimetic behavior around week _____.

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Five

64
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When walking with the animal, try to keep a steady _____. Don’t change speed or direction without warning, which means to signal the animal. This can be as simple as a glance and shift in body language.

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Rhythm

65
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Self _____ in your actions will cause the dog to follow you.

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Confidence

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