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Test 1 practice

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of outcome are you using if you give a dog praise and positive attention when it performs a behaviour on command?

a)

Postive reinforcement

b)

Negative reinforcement

c)

Positive punishment

d)

Negative punishment

2.

What type of outcome is this? Releasing the physical pressure of the rein on a horse when it turns right.

a)

Positive reinforcement

b)

Negative reinforcement

c)

Positive punishment

d)

Negative punishment

3.

Which of the following is a term to describe using successive approximations to get to a desired behaviour?

a)

Classical conditioning

b)

Fitness

c)

Shaping

d)

Habituation

4.

_______ conditioning is a type of learning that affects voluntary, goal-directed behaviour.

a)

classical

b)

operant

c)

imprinting

d)

hair

5.

A time budget gives an estimate of which of these measures of different behaviours per day?

a)

Meanings

b)

Frequencies

c)

Durations

d)

Intensity

6.

The kitten is meowing because it cannot see its mother. This is which type of explanation?

a)

Developmental

b)

Causal

c)

Functional

d)

Phylogenetic

7.

Which of the following might increase an animal's motivation to perform a behaviour? Select all that apply.

a)

Hunger, if a food reward is expected

b)

The smell of a favourite food treat waiting

c)

Discomfort that will stop when they perform the correct behaviour

8.

Which types of learning happen most easily when an animal is very young? Select all correct answers.

a)

Imprinting

b)

Habituation to other animals e.g. humans

c)

Operant conditioning

9.

A (a)   stimulus is one that helps an animal distinguish between when performing a behaviour will get a desired outcome and when it will not.

10.

A list of behaviours with clear descriptions to use in scientific observations is called an (a)  

11.

Nursing from the mother is which type of behaviour for young mammals like kittens?

a)

Innate

b)

Learned