ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION
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Question
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A dog determines when they scratch at the bag of food, the bag will open and some pieces fall out.
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A cat determines if they ring a bell their owner will feed them
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A rat determines that when the lights turn on a person walks into the room so they run when the lights turn on
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A horse determines when they don’t jump high enough their rider whips them harder
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Detailed explanation-1: -For example, whenever you come home wearing a baseball cap, you take your child to the park to play. So, whenever your child sees you come home with a baseball cap, he is excited because he has associated your baseball cap with a trip to the park. This learning by association is classical conditioning.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pavlov’s Dogs The most famous example of classical conditioning was Ivan Pavlov’s experiment with dogs, who salivated in response to a bell tone. Pavlov showed that when a bell was sounded each time the dog was fed, the dog learned to associate the sound with the presentation of the food.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following statements best describes classical conditioning? It is a learning process in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an innately meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to elicit a similar response.
Detailed explanation-4: -The rat’s behavior of pressing the bar is strengthened by the consequence of the stopping of the shock. Negative reinforcement is a concept that is part of the theory of operant conditioning, a theory developed by psychologist B.F. Skinner.