Veterinary Assistant Final Exam Study Guide QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

BF Skinner was one of the founders of what academic discipline? Correct Answer: Operant conditioning / behaviorism Positive reinforcement Correct Answer: By adding something the animal wants; you increase the likely hood the behavior will occur again Negative reinforcement Correct Answer: By removing something aversive, you increase the like hood of the behavior will occur again positive punishment Correct Answer: By adding something the animal dislikes or finds aversive you decrease the like hood of the behavior will occur again negative punishment Correct 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? Correct Answer: The misbehavior of organisms What is Bob Bailey known for? Correct Answer: Running chicken camps What is Instinctual drift? Correct Answer: the tendency of the animal to revert to instinctive behaviors that interfere with a conditioned response What is ethology? Correct Answer: the study of animal behavior what is reinforcement? Correct 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? Correct Answer: are you trying to maintain or increase a desired behavior or trying to reduce or eliminate a behavior what is motivation? Correct Answer: the desire to do things Who is Ian Dunbar? Correct Answer: A veterinarian, animal behaviorist, and writer what did Ian Dunbar contribute to dog training? Correct Answer: positive reinforcement and motivation what is owner directed aggression in dogs? Correct 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? Correct Answer: sibling rivalry