Human use of animal behaviours

Question 1

Operant conditioning

Answer 1

People have adapted this natural learning to process and train animals for specific purposes.

Question 2

Sniffer dogs use

Answer 2

Fight against both illegal drugs and terrorists.

Question 3

Sniffer dog

Answer 3

• a highly developed sense of smell that is up to 10 000 times better than of humans
• can be trained to detect substances such as drugs or explosives

Question 4

A process of training sniffer dog

Answer 4

• a dog is exposed to the smell it has to detect
• when it approaches the substance and responds it is rewarded
• next, the substance is hidden
• finally, the dog is only rewarded if it detects the desired subject and responds in a particular way (e.g. sits)

Question 5

Police horses

Answer 5

• Allow the police to see what is happening
• used to move through the crowd as people are more likely to give way
• used when searching for people in inaccessible terrain

Question 6

Police horse training

Answer 6

• gradually exposed to difficult situations
• calm reaction results in the reward
• this creates a strong bond of trust with their riders
• eventually, move calmly through loud crowds