Fear Free: Avian Test
What is not a challenge specific to providing pet birds with Fear Free Veterinary Visits?
a. differences in species/anatomy
b. flight capability
c. risk of injury to veterinary staff
d. mate-bo
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Fear Free: Avian Test
What is not a challenge specific to providing pet birds with Fear Free Veterinary Visits?
a. differences in species/anatomy
b. flight capability
c. risk of injury to veterinary staff
d. mate-bonding behavior - ✔✔c. risk of injury to veterinary staff
True or False: Parrot behavior is fairly consistent across species and veterinarians do not need to
modify their approach based on species alone - ✔✔False
What is the term used to describe an inherent/instinctual distrust of new experiences and objects
within the environment?
a. Fear And Stress
b. Evolutionary fright
c. Unpredictable behavior
d. Neophobia
e. Reactivity - ✔✔d. Neophobia
What is the term used to describe an aggressive response that is not directed towards the primary
source of fear (for example, a bird biting his/her owner instead of the veterinarian)?
a. Redirected aggression
b. Generalized aggression
c. Phobic aggression
d. Stress-induced aggression
e. Reactive aggression - ✔✔a. Redirected aggression
True or False: If a bird patient is severely ill on presentation to the veterinary hospital, the Fear
Free approach does not have to be modified, as the emotional state of the patient is still just as
important as the physical state of the patient. - ✔✔False
What is the most important factor for a reinforcer to be successful?
a. The reinforcer must be a preferred food item
b. The reinforcer must be offered by the bird's owner
c. The reinforcer must be offered by the veterinary staff
d. The individual patient must desire the reinforcer
e. None of the above - ✔✔d. The individual patient must desire the reinforcer
Which of the following is not one of the four quadrants of operant conditioning?
a. Positive reinforcement
b. Negative reinforcement
c. Positive punishment
d. Negative punishment
e. All of the above are included in the four quadrants of operant conditioning - ✔✔e. All of the
above are included in the four quadrants of operant conditioning
Why should flooding be avoided when interacting with animals?
a. Flooding can lead to learned helplessness
b. Flooding can make the animal more afraid of an aversive stimulus
c. Flooding causes FAS
d. Flooding does not consistently result in habituation
e. All of the above - ✔✔e. All of the above
A bird that is "over threshold" is likely to do the follow
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