Animal Behaviour

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Diploma Veterinary Nursing Year 1 (Animal Welfare and Husbandry Quizzes) Quiz am Animal Behaviour, erstellt von Jessica Whittick am 22/05/2018.
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Frage 1

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[blank_start]Ethology[blank_end] is the study of the behaviour of animals in natural habitats and captivity.
Antworten
  • Ethology

Frage 2

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Which of the following is NOT an example of an external stimuli?
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  • Sight
  • Hunger
  • Heat
  • Presence of other animals

Frage 3

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Which of the following is a type of behaviour?
Antworten
  • Foraging
  • Courtship
  • Parental Care
  • All of the above

Frage 4

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Which description describes habituation?
Antworten
  • the process whereby an animal learns how to recognise and interact with the species with which it cohabits
  • the process whereby an animal becomes accustomed to a non-threatening environment stimuli and learns to ignore them
  • inherent inclination of an organism towards a particular behaviour
  • a learned effect that consequences a behaviour on an animal whether it chooses to do the same behaviour again (weird grammar but this was how it was written on the quiz!)

Frage 5

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What situation may result in a process known as latent inhibition?
Antworten
  • sight of a lead and anticipation of a walk
  • puppy going to a veterinary practice for a second procedure
  • salivating at the sound of a whistle
  • puppy learning the behaviour of their parents

Frage 6

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Which of the following is an example of operant conditioning?
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  • the process whereby an animal learns how to recognise and interact with the species with which it cohabits
  • the process whereby an animal becomes accustomed to non-threatening environmental stimuli and learns to ignore them
  • inherent inclination of an organism towards a particular behaviour
  • a learned effect that consequences a behaviour on an animal whether it chooses to do the same behaviour again

Frage 7

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An [blank_start]Innate[blank_end] behaviour is one that the animal has from the very beginning of its life.
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  • Innate

Frage 8

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What is an instinctive (fixed pattern) response?
Antworten
  • mixing with other individuals and organisms
  • series of actions to completion e.g. goose will pull egg back under it but can't discriminate between an egg and ball
  • watching and mimicking another organism
  • responding to the environment - same stimuli over and over again so start to ignore it

Frage 9

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[blank_start]Habituation[blank_end] is when the animal responds to their environment and receives the same stimuli over and over again so starts to ignore it. [blank_start]Operant Conditioning[blank_end] is when you can teach complex behaviour via trial and error for example. [blank_start]Observational Learning[blank_end] is when an individual watches and mimics another organism - making use of 'mirror neurons'. [blank_start]Insight[blank_end] is a certain intelligent characteristic needed to be social and this can help individuals solve problems.
Antworten
  • Habituation
  • Operant Conditioning
  • Observational Learning
  • Insight

Frage 10

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Which of the following behavioural traits will be noticed in a submissive dog?
Antworten
  • Ears forward, tail between legs, lying on side
  • Ears back, tail between legs, lying on back
  • Ears back, tail erect and hackles raised
  • Ears back, tail erect and showing teeth
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