CPDT KA FINAL PAPER UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS BUNDLED REVIEW GUIDE
●● According to Coppinger, proto-wolves genetically predisposed to
show _______________.
Answer: less flight distance than regular wolves
●● New niche wolves gained _________ ________ for living with
humans over regular wolves
Answer: selective advantage
●● Wild animals can be tamed by patient handling and socialization but
they can't be considered domesticated until _____________.
Answer: they undergo extensive biological and behavioral changes
resulting from selective breeding over many generations.
●● The foxes "tamed" in the Russian experiment retained care soliciting
behaviors, T or F?
Answer: true, barking increased, play increased.
●● Neoteny is the retention of _________
Answer: juvenile traits in adults
,●● The effectiveness of rabies vaccine on wolf hybrids is not clear, T or
F?
Answer: True, this might be reason not to allow wolf-dog hybrid into
your classes.
●● Phylogeny is the _____________.
Answer: evolutionary history of an organism.
●● Phylogenic behaviors are behaviors ________.
Answer: common to the dog as a species, they have developed over
generations
●● Examples of phylogenic behaviors in dogs
Answer: fear of fire, fear of loud noises
●● Coppinger maintains that all dog behavior can be put into one of
three different motivations:
Answer: food acquisition, hazard avoidance, reproductive behaviors
●● Phylogenic behavior can or cannot be modified?
Answer: it can
,●● A FAP is a stereotypic ______ ________ that is relatively _______
___ _____.
Answer: movement pattern, constant in form
●● A trigger is needed to start an FAP, T or F?
Answer: true
●● Ontogenetic behaviors ____________.
Answer: develop over the lifetime of an individual dog
●● Ontogenetic behavior is a response to ______ influences, in other
words, it is _______.
Answer: environmental, learned
●● Coppinger says dog is the result of nature/nurture plus experiences
that ________.
Answer: occur between the onset and offset of critical periods
●● Instinctive drift coined by ______. Principle that whenever an animal
has strong instinctive behavior, organism will ____ to toward the ____
behavior to the detriment of the conditioned behavior.
Answer: Brelands; drift
, ●● Dogs become capable of breeding as early as ____ months but they
may not be behaviorially mature until _______ years.
Answer: six, one or two years
●● Spaying reduces the aggression level in females, T or F?
Answer: False, it may actually increase it.
●● Heat cycles in female dogs occur ____; and are ____ in duration.
Answer: twice a year; 20 days
●● Movement is learned through the development and storage of
familiar motor actions called ________.
Answer: engrams
●● Neuromuscular programming is established by _______.
Answer: repetition
●● A conscious action becomes ________ action.
Answer: an automatic
●● In learning new movement, dogs need to practice movement ____
until it becomes ____.
Answer: long period of time; automatic
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS BUNDLED REVIEW GUIDE
●● According to Coppinger, proto-wolves genetically predisposed to
show _______________.
Answer: less flight distance than regular wolves
●● New niche wolves gained _________ ________ for living with
humans over regular wolves
Answer: selective advantage
●● Wild animals can be tamed by patient handling and socialization but
they can't be considered domesticated until _____________.
Answer: they undergo extensive biological and behavioral changes
resulting from selective breeding over many generations.
●● The foxes "tamed" in the Russian experiment retained care soliciting
behaviors, T or F?
Answer: true, barking increased, play increased.
●● Neoteny is the retention of _________
Answer: juvenile traits in adults
,●● The effectiveness of rabies vaccine on wolf hybrids is not clear, T or
F?
Answer: True, this might be reason not to allow wolf-dog hybrid into
your classes.
●● Phylogeny is the _____________.
Answer: evolutionary history of an organism.
●● Phylogenic behaviors are behaviors ________.
Answer: common to the dog as a species, they have developed over
generations
●● Examples of phylogenic behaviors in dogs
Answer: fear of fire, fear of loud noises
●● Coppinger maintains that all dog behavior can be put into one of
three different motivations:
Answer: food acquisition, hazard avoidance, reproductive behaviors
●● Phylogenic behavior can or cannot be modified?
Answer: it can
,●● A FAP is a stereotypic ______ ________ that is relatively _______
___ _____.
Answer: movement pattern, constant in form
●● A trigger is needed to start an FAP, T or F?
Answer: true
●● Ontogenetic behaviors ____________.
Answer: develop over the lifetime of an individual dog
●● Ontogenetic behavior is a response to ______ influences, in other
words, it is _______.
Answer: environmental, learned
●● Coppinger says dog is the result of nature/nurture plus experiences
that ________.
Answer: occur between the onset and offset of critical periods
●● Instinctive drift coined by ______. Principle that whenever an animal
has strong instinctive behavior, organism will ____ to toward the ____
behavior to the detriment of the conditioned behavior.
Answer: Brelands; drift
, ●● Dogs become capable of breeding as early as ____ months but they
may not be behaviorially mature until _______ years.
Answer: six, one or two years
●● Spaying reduces the aggression level in females, T or F?
Answer: False, it may actually increase it.
●● Heat cycles in female dogs occur ____; and are ____ in duration.
Answer: twice a year; 20 days
●● Movement is learned through the development and storage of
familiar motor actions called ________.
Answer: engrams
●● Neuromuscular programming is established by _______.
Answer: repetition
●● A conscious action becomes ________ action.
Answer: an automatic
●● In learning new movement, dogs need to practice movement ____
until it becomes ____.
Answer: long period of time; automatic
