Veterinary Assistant Final Exam Study
Guide Questions and Answers
BF Skinner was one of the founders of what academic discipline?
✓ ~~~Operant conditioning / behaviorism
Positive reinforcement
✓ ~~~By adding something the animal wants; you increase the likely hood the behavior will
occur again
Negative reinforcement
✓ ~~~By removing something aversive, you increase the like hood of the behavior will occur
again
positive punishment
✓ ~~~By adding something the animal dislikes or finds aversive you decrease the like hood
of the behavior will occur again
negative punishment
✓ ~~~By removing something that the animal wants; you decrease the likely hood that the
behavior will occur again
What did Breland and Breland accomplish?
✓ ~~~The misbehavior of organisms
What is Bob Bailey known for?
✓ ~~~Running chicken camps
, What is Instinctual drift?
✓ ~~~the tendency of the animal to revert to instinctive behaviors that interfere with a
conditioned response
What is ethology?
✓ ~~~the study of animal behavior
what is reinforcement?
✓ ~~~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?
✓ ~~~are you trying to maintain or increase a desired behavior or trying to reduce or
eliminate a behavior
what is motivation?
✓ ~~~the desire to do things
Who is Ian Dunbar?
✓ ~~~A veterinarian, animal behaviorist, and writer
what did Ian Dunbar contribute to dog training?
✓ ~~~positive reinforcement and motivation
what is owner directed aggression in dogs?
✓ ~~~aggression that is directed to family members or house mates (members of the dogs
social group)
Guide Questions and Answers
BF Skinner was one of the founders of what academic discipline?
✓ ~~~Operant conditioning / behaviorism
Positive reinforcement
✓ ~~~By adding something the animal wants; you increase the likely hood the behavior will
occur again
Negative reinforcement
✓ ~~~By removing something aversive, you increase the like hood of the behavior will occur
again
positive punishment
✓ ~~~By adding something the animal dislikes or finds aversive you decrease the like hood
of the behavior will occur again
negative punishment
✓ ~~~By removing something that the animal wants; you decrease the likely hood that the
behavior will occur again
What did Breland and Breland accomplish?
✓ ~~~The misbehavior of organisms
What is Bob Bailey known for?
✓ ~~~Running chicken camps
, What is Instinctual drift?
✓ ~~~the tendency of the animal to revert to instinctive behaviors that interfere with a
conditioned response
What is ethology?
✓ ~~~the study of animal behavior
what is reinforcement?
✓ ~~~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?
✓ ~~~are you trying to maintain or increase a desired behavior or trying to reduce or
eliminate a behavior
what is motivation?
✓ ~~~the desire to do things
Who is Ian Dunbar?
✓ ~~~A veterinarian, animal behaviorist, and writer
what did Ian Dunbar contribute to dog training?
✓ ~~~positive reinforcement and motivation
what is owner directed aggression in dogs?
✓ ~~~aggression that is directed to family members or house mates (members of the dogs
social group)
