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Positve Reinforcement

any immediate pleasant occurrence that follows a behavior
Negative Reinforcement
any immediate unpleasanet occurrence used to create a desired behavior
Punishment
used to decrease rather increase a behavior

Positive Punishment

adding an undesirable occurrence to decrease a behavior

Negative Punishment

removing a desirable to decrease a behavior
Dance
complex pattern of bees movements that tells other bees where food is
Aggression
behavior bred from an impulse to harm another being
Age at which puppies tend to develop fear-induced aggression
8 - 10 weeks
critical socialization period for felines is
2 - 8 weeks
separation anxiety
when a dog feels anxiety when separated form the owner
conflict-related aggression
occurs when a dog is exposed to an uncomfortable or uncertain stimulus or conflict

avoidance conditioning

when a dog has learned that aggression will avoid a conflict
fear-induced aggression
most common type of aggression in animal hospitals
predatory aggression
instinct to hunt may result in ohter pets or children being attacked
pain-induced aggression
behavior related to pain is a protective instinct
inter-male aggression
common instinct nearly eliminated by castration
territorial aggression
aggressive tendencies related to territory
behavior modification technique ivolves elimination of a problem by removing reinforcemment
extinction
involves reating a relationship bewteen a unpleasant stimulus and an object
aversion therapy
technique which involves the use of negative reinforcement to diminish a problem behavior
avoidance therapy
surrounding animal with stumus causing the problem until the animal becomes acclimated
habituation
take a stimulus linked to a negative emotion and recondition the stimulus to a positive response
counterconditioning
changing the location of the litterbox is an example of
environmental modification

diminish a particular behavior by gradually exposing the animal to the stimulus

desensitization
stimulus-response theory
the psychological school of thought that all complex forms of behavior are complex muscular and glandular responses that can be observed and measured
nature-nurture controversy
two opposing schools: classical ethology views behavior as instinctive; and animal psychology views behavior as learned