module 3

Question 1

• Many are not visible
• Many are non-specific and do not indicate if the experience is
positive or negative

Answer 1

Physiological responses

Question 2

• Easy to observe
• More complex level of functioning than physiological responses
− how animals change and control their environment
• More specific measure of emotional state and experience

Answer 2

Behavioural responses

Question 3

includes physical functioning, feelings,
and the performance of important behaviours

Answer 3

welfare

Question 4

Reproductive behaviours:

Answer 4

courtship, mating,
parturient, maternal

Question 5

Feeding behaviours:

Answer 5

seeking and consuming food

Question 6

How animals allocate their time to different behaviours

Answer 6

time budget

Question 7

urge to perform behaviour

Answer 7

motivation

Question 8

increases if the behaviour is not performed

Answer 8

motivation

Question 9

brain’s capacity to perceive, process
and store information

Answer 9

cognition

Question 10

influence of emotion on judgment, memory, etc.

Answer 10

cognitive bias

Question 11

pain, fear frustration
• Motivate relevant behaviours that meet an immediate need

Answer 11

negative emotions

Question 12

pleasure, excitement
• Motivate behaviour that is not needed urgently, for survival, but brings a long-term benefit

Answer 12

positive emotions

Question 13

behavioural differences are associated with differences in chromosomal regions

Answer 13

gene mapping

Question 14

lines with lower tendency to peck had higher egg production

Answer 14

Feather-pecking in poultry

Question 15

docility in the milking parlour

Answer 15

Temperament in cattle

Question 16

Examples of other factors affecting motivation

Answer 16

• Stress response
• Environment
• Disease

Question 17

repetitive behaviours, unchanging pattern, serve no obvious purpose

Answer 17

Stereotypies

Question 18

not abnormal but directed to an abnormal substrate

Answer 18

Redirected behaviours

Question 19

Animals suffer if deprived of the opportunity to perform them

Answer 19

behavioural needs