Y4 Behaviour

Question 1

Name the 4 positive/engaging emotional motivations

Answer 1

Desire seeking
Social play
Lust
Care

Question 2

Name the 4 negative/protective emotional motivations

Answer 2

Frustration
Fear-anxiety
Pain
Panic grief

Question 3

What are the main features of desire seeking

Answer 3

Object play
Social companionship
Predation

Question 4

What are the main features of social play

Answer 4

Learning about species specific behaviour, how to respond and how to deliver threat

Question 5

What are the main features of care

Answer 5

Paternal care, nurturing social interaction

Question 6

What are the main features of lust

Answer 6

Reproduction

Question 7

What are the main features of frustration

Answer 7

Response to failure to succeed

Question 8

What are the main features of fear-anxiety

Answer 8

Protection
Anticipate a threat

Question 9

What are the main features of pain?

Answer 9

Self protection

Question 10

What are the main features of panic-grief

Answer 10

To regain nurturing support

Question 11

List the desirable/encouraged behaviour of social play

Answer 11

Dog-dog plat
Kittens and puppies interacting

Question 12

List the desirable/encouraged behaviour of desire seeking

Answer 12

Social interaction, companionship, eating, training cues, object play

Question 13

List the desirable/encouraged behaviour of care

Answer 13

Parenteral interactions, care of the vulnerable

Question 14

List the desirable/encouraged behaviour of lust

Answer 14

For breeding context

Question 15

List the problematic behaviour of social play

Answer 15

Interspecies social play
Age differences

Question 16

List the problematic behaviour of desire seeking

Answer 16

Stealing food, unwanted predatory behaviour

Question 17

List the problematic behaviour of lust

Answer 17

Unwanted sexual behaviour – intra and inter specific eg mounting

Question 18

List the desirable/encouraged behaviour of fear anxiety

Answer 18

Inhibition leading to easier clinical examination
Confrontation from another with real threat, traffic, heat, working roles for dogs

Question 19

List the desirable/encouraged behaviour of pain

Answer 19

Diagnostic purposes, monitoring of clinical pain, acute pain response

Question 20

List the desirable/encouraged behaviour of panic-grief

Answer 20

Not wanting to be separated from nurturer, puppies, kittens reacting to separation from mother

Question 21

List the desirable/encouraged behaviour of frustration

Answer 21

Working roles for dogs, sporting roles for dogs, increased speed and intensity of behaviour

Question 22

List the problematic behaviour of fear-anxiety

Answer 22

“resource guarding” unjustified perception of threat or potential, vet visits, cats hiding, visitors, traffic, other animals, separation related behaviour

Question 23

List the problematic behaviour of pain

Answer 23

acute pain if not manageable by the individual, chronic pain

Question 24

List the problematic behaviour of panic grief

Answer 24

Separation related behaviour

Question 25

List the problematic behaviour of frustration

Answer 25

Confrontation, increased speed and intensity of behaviour – ball under sofa, lust frustration, feline handling

Question 26

How do pets use their behaviour to increase availability of information?

Answer 26

Appeasement
Inhibition

Question 27

How do pets use their behaviour to increase distance and decrease interaction

Answer 27

Avoidance
Repulsion

Question 28

What are the signs of appeasement

Answer 28

Sniff, roll over
Lick, urinate
Fiddle

Question 29

What are the signs of inhibition?

Answer 29

Watch
Stare
Freeze

Question 30

What are the signs of avoidance?

Answer 30

Look away
Run away
Flight

Question 31

What are the signs of repulsion?

Answer 31

Grumble
Bite
Flight

Question 32

How can a cat at the vets go from an avoidance to a repulsion response?

Answer 32

• Cat attempts to remain in the carrier, Vet allows cat to stay in carrier, Vet covers the cat with a towel
• Cat develops a perception of safety and success
• Cat perceives that avoidance is successful and reaches a place of emotional safety decreasing interaction with the trigger for their protective emotion (the veterinary environment and personnel)
• There is no need for the cat to: increase the intensity of the response by trying to physically flee or change the response to one of repulsion and start to hiss and swipe.
  BUT
• Failure to recognise the purpose of a behavioural response can result in perception of failure for the cat - failure of the avoidance response leads to selection of another response at the same intensity

Question 33

When does escalation of behaviour intensity continue until?

Answer 33

Until a perception of safety (physical and/or emotional) is achieved

Question 34

When one response is unavailable or perceived to be unsuccessful what then happens?

Answer 34

Selection of an alternative is likely
- The next response that is selected is most likely to occur at the same intensity as the previous response rather than starting with low intensity options and then escalating

Question 35

How can you reduce the risk of escalation and selection of alternative responses?

Answer 35

Increase perception of success

Question 36

When do behavioural responses to emotions become a cause for concern?

Answer 36

Compromised physical or cognitive health
Miscommunication between different species
Environments are sub-optimal - Physical, Social