5. Applied Animal Behavior

Question 1

what are animal welfare concerns

Answer 1

Need for regulation on humane treatment of animals in laboratories and humane slaughter; Modern animal ethics and regulation

Question 2

what are examples of applied animal behavior

Answer 2

Using animal abilities; Preventing undesirable behavior; Improved animal handling; Service animals for human with physical and mental impairments

Question 3

what are examples to use animals abilities

Answer 3

Detector animal training

Question 4

what are examples of preventing undesirable behaviors

Answer 4

Taste aversion learning in predators; Crows trained to avoid endangered New Zealand parrot eggs

Question 5

what are examples of improved animal handling

Answer 5

Studies show early handling effects in farm animals; Increased growth rate and reproduction associated with methods that reduce fear.

Question 6

what are examples of service animals for human with physical and mental impairments

Answer 6

Operant conditioning of dog to perform routine tasks

Question 7

what did Philosopher David Hume state

Answer 7

We can not derive an ought from an is

Question 8

Ultimately animal welfare is motivated by what

Answer 8

how we ought to treat animals

Question 9

Animal welfare science attempts to study what

Answer 9

the variables associates with welfare, such as pain, fear, and disease to determine acceptable levels of these variables

Question 10

what are examples of environmental enrichment

Answer 10

design of animal habitat that are naturalistic/promote natural behavior

Question 11

what is an example of behavioral enrichment

Answer 11

application of instrumental learning animal behavior; Hal Markowitz attached a food reward to a rope above captive servals

Question 12

what is an example of emotional enrichment

Answer 12

social interaction and other husbandry practices that promote positive emotion in captive animal

Question 13

what did Coleman and Dofman study

Answer 13

big cat enrichment article

Question 14

what did Rosenzweig demonstrate

Answer 14

demonstrated that the environment affect animal physiology

Question 15

what happened to the brain when rats were raised in enriched environments

Answer 15

Results showed increased cortex development (thickness and learning neurotransmitter Ach)

Question 16

what resulted from neonatal handing studies

Answer 16

Early handling of neonates improves the functioning of stress response and some cognitive task

Question 17

what is the context of stereotypy development

Answer 17

frustration; unavoidable fear or stress; restraint and lack of stimulation

Question 18

what is stereotypy

Answer 18

repetitive, invariant behavior patterns with no obvious goal or function; indicator of a sub-optimal captive environment

Question 19

what does reinforcement theory argue

Answer 19

that stereotypy is acquired and maintained because it serves as a reinforcer

Question 20

what does coping mechanism theory argue

Answer 20

that stereotypy serves a means to cope with stress effects encountered in captive environments

Question 21

what did Terry Maples propose

Answer 21

use of wellness to replace welfare because negative connotation

Question 22

wellness is a balance of what

Answer 22

mind, body and spirit