Module 3 Flashcards
Many are not visible, many are non specific and does not indicate if the experience positive or negative
Physiological Responses
Easy to observe, more complex level of functioning than physiological responses – how animal change and control their environment. More specific measure of emotional state and experience
Behavioral Responses
Can be used to asses each of these areas
Behaviour
Repertoire in the wild
Reproductive behavior and feeding behavior
Courtship, mating, parturient, maternal
Reproductive behaviours
Seeking and consuming food
Feeding behaviours
How animals allocate their time to different behaviours
Time budget
Urge to perform behavior
Motivation
motivated by internal cues is generally related to animal’s physical state
Behaviour
Motivation _________ if the behaviour is not performed
increases
Emotions, motivation, learning, expectations, anticipation
Evaluation of sensory input
Brain’s capacity to perceive, process, and store information
Cognition
Influence of emotion on judgement, memory, etc.
Cognitive bias
pain, fear, and frustrations
Negative emotions
pleasure and excitement
Positive emotions
Behavioral differences are associated with differences in chromosomal region
Gene Mapping
Lines with lower tendency to peck had higher egg production
Feather-pecking in poultry
Docility in the milking parlour
Temperament in cattle
Animals work hard for the opportunity or resources to perform the _________
bheaviour
Animals develop _______/________ if they cant perform a desired behavior
substitute/abnormal
Repetitive behaviours, unchanging pattern, serve no obvious purpose
Stereotypies
Not abnormal but directed to an abnormal substrate
Redirected behaviors
Animals suffer if deprived of the opportunity to perform them
Behavioural needs
