Veterinary Assistant Final Exam Study Guide Rated A+

Veterinary Assistant Final Exam Study Guide Rated A+ 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) what is the most common type of aggression between dogs who live together? sibling rivalry Fear-induced aggression towards strangers