Behaviour Flashcards
1
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Tinberg’s 4 Questions to understand behaviour
A
- Mechanism/ Causation
- Function (biological fitness value)
- Evolution
- Development/ ontogeny
2
Q
Ethogram
A
Inventory of behaviours of an animal
3
Q
Abnormal
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Different from wild behaviour or the statistical norm (from current housing)
4
Q
Distress
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Behaviour related to poor welfare
5
Q
Stereotypies
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Abnormal, repetitive, invariant behaviour with no purpose
6
Q
2 methods to clinically assess pain within an animal
A
- Visual Analogue Scoring
- Behaviour scoring (general and species specific)
7
Q
Behavioural development facts (3)
A
- Early life: “what we learn first, we learn best.”
- Learning all throughout life
- Maximizing good, minimizing bad
8
Q
Habituation
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Repeated exposure, decreased response
9
Q
Sensitisation
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Repeated exposure, increased response
10
Q
Classical conditioning
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Learning 1 stimuli, predicting another
11
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Operant conditioning
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Knowing consequences of actions based on past experiences
