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Animal Behavior Flashcards

1
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Instinct definition

A

Reflexes and behavioral patterns inherently present at birth

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2
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Habituation definition

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Lack of response to a repeated stimulus

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3
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What happens when flight zone goes away

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Train the animals to do something they don’t normally do

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4
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What types of conditioning are there

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Classical and operant

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5
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Classical conditioning

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Relationship between an unconditioned stimulus and a neutral stimulus

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6
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Operant conditioning

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Responding based on a reinforcement

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7
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Which form of reinforcement yields better benefits

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Positive

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8
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Reasoning

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Ability to respond correctly to a stimulus the first time a new situation is presented

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9
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Intelligence

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The ability to learn to adjust successfully to certain situations- if last time wasn’t right, do it a different way

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10
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Imprinting

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Those processes where the helpless young bond to their caretaker

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11
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Where is imprinting most seen in

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Foals

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12
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Main attributes of animal behavior (9)

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Sexual
Care giving care soliciting
Agnostic
Ingestive
Eliminative
Shelter seeking
Investigative
Allelomometic

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13
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What is allelomometic

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Acting like other animals they see

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14
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Pheromones

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Chemical substances that attract opposite sex

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15
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Which animals have pheromones in their urine

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Cows
Ewes
Mares

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16
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How does the male react to pheromones

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Flehmen response

17
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Swines estrus behavior

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Lordosis

18
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Mares estrus behavior

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“Wink” opens and closes her vulva

19
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Why don’t we want to feed the animals in the morning when prego

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So they don’t poop while giving birth

20
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What’s a sure way for offspring to survive

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Nudging them to get them up

21
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What does licking the young by mothers do(3)

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Stimulates blood flow
Warms and dries
Bonds with baby

22
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What do sows do with their young

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They lie down, move their legs encouraging their young to a teat

23
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What do mothers use most for recognition

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Smell and sight

24
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What is the mama bear effect

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When the mothers hear a distressed cry from their young

25
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Agnostic behavior activities

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Fight, fright, or flight

26
Q

What’s the vision of a cow

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280 degrees

27
Q

What animals empty their urine and feces indiscriminately (4)

A

Cattle
Sheep
Goats
Chickens

28
Q

Which animals defecate in defined areas

A

Hogs

29
Q

Which animals concentrates their urine and defecation

A

Horses

30
Q

What will pigs do in cold weather

A

Crowd against one another

31
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True or false: goats conduct electricity

A

True

32
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Which animals have investigative behavior

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Pigs
Horses
Goats
Cattle

33
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True or False: animals of the same species tend to do the same thing at the same time

A

True

34
Q

What should you place water closer than

A

800 feet

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