Animal Behavior Flashcards
Instinct definition
Reflexes and behavioral patterns inherently present at birth
Habituation definition
Lack of response to a repeated stimulus
What happens when flight zone goes away
Train the animals to do something they don’t normally do
What types of conditioning are there
Classical and operant
Classical conditioning
Relationship between an unconditioned stimulus and a neutral stimulus
Operant conditioning
Responding based on a reinforcement
Which form of reinforcement yields better benefits
Positive
Reasoning
Ability to respond correctly to a stimulus the first time a new situation is presented
Intelligence
The ability to learn to adjust successfully to certain situations- if last time wasn’t right, do it a different way
Imprinting
Those processes where the helpless young bond to their caretaker
Where is imprinting most seen in
Foals
Main attributes of animal behavior (9)
Sexual
Care giving care soliciting
Agnostic
Ingestive
Eliminative
Shelter seeking
Investigative
Allelomometic
What is allelomometic
Acting like other animals they see
Pheromones
Chemical substances that attract opposite sex
Which animals have pheromones in their urine
Cows
Ewes
Mares
How does the male react to pheromones
Flehmen response
Swines estrus behavior
Lordosis
Mares estrus behavior
“Wink” opens and closes her vulva
Why don’t we want to feed the animals in the morning when prego
So they don’t poop while giving birth
What’s a sure way for offspring to survive
Nudging them to get them up
What does licking the young by mothers do(3)
Stimulates blood flow
Warms and dries
Bonds with baby
What do sows do with their young
They lie down, move their legs encouraging their young to a teat
What do mothers use most for recognition
Smell and sight
What is the mama bear effect
When the mothers hear a distressed cry from their young
