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Neuro behaviors Flashcards

1
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5 common behaviors in animals

A

Aggression
Elimination disorders
Separation anxiety
Noise phobia
Inter-cat aggression

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2
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Most common cause of aggression

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Fear

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3
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Disorder most common in cats not using litter box

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Elimination disorder

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4
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Signs of separation anxiety
Is it bad?

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Pacing, panting, vocalizing, urination, salivation, destruction
Consider ped behavioral emergency

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5
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Disorder present with other disorders

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Noise phobia

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6
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Staring hissing swatting scratching

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Inter-cat aggression

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7
Q

Learning is _________ results from __________

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Constant
Experience

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8
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behavior is ____________ an indicator of _____________

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Communication
Disease state

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9
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What leads to better diagnostic abilities

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Recognition and understanding signs indicating fear and stress

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10
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When is the early socialization sensitive stage for dogs?
cats?

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Dogs - 3-9 weeks
Cats- 6- 12 weeks

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11
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Why is early socialization good?

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Foundation for memory and learning

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12
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When is the fear period for cats?
dogs?

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Dogs 14 weeks to 9 months
Cats 9 weeks

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13
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Learning takes longer during fear period. How can humans help?

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Positive reinforcement

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14
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What do dogs exhibit during fear period?

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Impulsivity
Reactivity
Mouthy behavior
Novel event anxiety all increase

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15
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What do cats exhibit during fear period?

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Marking
Need own space

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16
Q

What happens during maturity

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Reproductive hormones affect brain/body development

17
Q

T/F Gonadectomy will eliminate all behaviors

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False

18
Q

What are most behaviors from? hormones or learned

A

Learned

19
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What is the best thing to do when learning behaviors?

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Conditioning

20
Q

Behavior modification learning is called what? name two types?

A

Classical
Operant

21
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What is classical conditioning

A

Association of a stimulus with a conditioned emotional response

22
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What is operant conditioning?

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Learning to associate voluntary behavioral response with a consequence of that behavior

23
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What is Pavlovian conditioning?

A

Classical conditioning

24
Q

What is positive operant conditioning?
negative?

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Positive- something is given to the animal
Negative- something is taken away from the animal

25
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What is reinforcement operant conditioning?
positive?
Negative?

A

Both positive and negative

26
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What is punishment operant conditioning?
positive?
negative?

A

Positive and negative

27
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desentizization?

A

Process by which a stimulus associated with undesirable behavior is presented at a level below that which elicits the response followed by a gradual increase in the stimulus level

28
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counterconditioning?

A

Process by which conditioned emotional response to a stimulus from unpleasant emotion to a pleasant emotion

29
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Classical counterconditioning

A

Training to perform desired behavior by associating with thing the patient liked

30
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Operant counterconditioning

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Training to perform the behaviors that are not compatible with undesirable behaviors

31
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Flooding?

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Prolonged exposure to the problematic stimulus at a level that causes the negative emotional response in hopes that continuous presentation of the stimulus will stop the response

32
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Avoidance?

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Process in which an individual is prevented from engaging in a problem behavior

33
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Evironmental enrichment/modification

A

Addition of external factors in order to reduce frequency of abnormal behaviors while increasing frequency of desired behavior

34
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Negative reinforcement vs negative punishment

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reinforcement= taking something away from animal INCREASING likelihood of future behavior

punishment= taking something away from animal to DECREASE likelihood for future behavior

35
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positive reinforcement vs positive punishment

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reinforcement= something given to animal to increasing future behavior
punishment= something given to animal to decrease future behavior

36
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aversion techniques?

A

Rely on positive punishment and negative reinforcement to change behavior usually to decrease undesirable behavior

37
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How can aversion techniques be bad for animal and human/animal?

A

May be detrimental to human animal bond

38
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displacement vs redirected behavior

A

Displacement normal behavior performed out of context because animal is unable to perform another activity
Redirected behavior- activities directed away from primary target an toward another, less appropriate target

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