Domestication
Behavioral Life Stages
Learning Theory
Training
Behavioral Problems
100
Felis Catus
What is the scientific name for the domesticated cat?
100
Between three and twelve weeks of age.
What is the sensitive period of socialization for dogs?
100
A form of associative learning that occurs when an animal responds to relationships between two or more stimuli.
What is classical conditioning?
100
The first step in developing a training plan
What is develop a set of clear objectives and goals?
100
Must be ruled out prior to addressing the behavioral aspects of unwanted behaviors.
What are medical causes?
200
Paedomorphism
What is alterations in the rate of development of young animals?
200
Rooting, suckling, and distress calling
What are the behaviors unique to the canine and feline neonatal periods?
200
Two stimuli that are closely paired in time and place.
What is contiguity?
200
Two characteristics of a good training schedule
What is reasonable and achievable?
200
The two major categories of elimination problems in cats.
What are inappropriate elimination and marking?
300
Neoteny
What is a reduced rate of development, resulting in the persistence of juvenile characteristics?
300
Between 8 and 10 weeks of age.
When is the "fear imprint" stage of canine development?
300
Instrumental learning
What is another term for operant conditioning?
300
One example of a conditioned reinforcer
What is a clicker?
300
Providing a dog with an interactive toy before a problem attention-seeking behavior occurs.
What is preemptive redirection
400
12,000 to 15,000 years ago
When were dogs domesticated?
400
Prevented from learning to interact and communicate with other dogs and cats and may identify too strongly with humans.
What are negative effects of early weaning?
400
Occurs when a behavior produces an aversive consequence.
What is positive punishment?
400
Reinforcing some responses and not others; what all operant training is based upon.
What is differential reinforcement?
400
As a pathological condition, this is extremely rare in dogs.
What is hyperactivity?
500
Canis lupus
What is the dog's closest wild relative?
500
From the end of the socialization period to sexual maturity
What is the juvenile or adolescent period?
500
Group-coordinated behaviors that reflect the tendency of animals within a social group to follow the example of others.
What are allelomimetic behaviors?
500
Reduces frustration and increases the rate of learning during training.
What is prompting?
500
A temporary increase in behavior in response to the removal of reinforcing stimuli.
What is an extinction burst?
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