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26 Cards in this Set
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Positve Reinforcement |
any immediate pleasant occurrence that follows a behavior
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Negative Reinforcement
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any immediate unpleasanet occurrence used to create a desired behavior
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Punishment
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used to decrease rather increase a behavior
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Positive Punishment |
adding an undesirable occurrence to decrease a behavior
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Negative Punishment |
removing a desirable to decrease a behavior
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Dance
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complex pattern of bees movements that tells other bees where food is
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Aggression
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behavior bred from an impulse to harm another being
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Age at which puppies tend to develop fear-induced aggression
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8 - 10 weeks
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critical socialization period for felines is
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2 - 8 weeks
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separation anxiety
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when a dog feels anxiety when separated form the owner
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conflict-related aggression
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occurs when a dog is exposed to an uncomfortable or uncertain stimulus or conflict
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avoidance conditioning |
when a dog has learned that aggression will avoid a conflict
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fear-induced aggression
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most common type of aggression in animal hospitals
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predatory aggression
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instinct to hunt may result in ohter pets or children being attacked
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pain-induced aggression
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behavior related to pain is a protective instinct
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inter-male aggression
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common instinct nearly eliminated by castration
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territorial aggression
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aggressive tendencies related to territory
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behavior modification technique ivolves elimination of a problem by removing reinforcemment
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extinction
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involves reating a relationship bewteen a unpleasant stimulus and an object
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aversion therapy
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technique which involves the use of negative reinforcement to diminish a problem behavior
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avoidance therapy
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surrounding animal with stumus causing the problem until the animal becomes acclimated
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habituation
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take a stimulus linked to a negative emotion and recondition the stimulus to a positive response
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counterconditioning
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changing the location of the litterbox is an example of
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environmental modification
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diminish a particular behavior by gradually exposing the animal to the stimulus |
desensitization
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stimulus-response theory
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the psychological school of thought that all complex forms of behavior are complex muscular and glandular responses that can be observed and measured
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nature-nurture controversy
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two opposing schools: classical ethology views behavior as instinctive; and animal psychology views behavior as learned
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