Fear Free Module Quiz 1
Choose the statement that defines stressor: - ✔✔Any experience, environment, inanimate or
living object which disrupts the body's normal state of functioning
Define the stress response - ✔✔Phys
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Fear Free Module Quiz 1
Choose the statement that defines stressor: - ✔✔Any experience, environment, inanimate or
living object which disrupts the body's normal state of functioning
Define the stress response - ✔✔Physiological and behavioral responses that attempt to return the
body to normal state of functioning
List the body systems affected by stress response - ✔✔Gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal,
immune system, skin, respiratory
Describe the effects of the stress response on learned behaviors - ✔✔the stress response is
automatically activated in aversive situations, causing many animals to be unable to respond to
previously learned commands (cues)
Choose the complete list of factors which cause patients stress in the veterinary hopsital -
✔✔Noise, odor, fear, pheromones, hunger, pain, unfamiliar people, and pets
Describe how patient stress impacts the delivery of quality of veterinary care - ✔✔Limited
examination, decreased veterinary visits, slower patient healing times
Relaxed cat signs - ✔✔almond shaped pupils, ears forward, tail away from body, face soft, body
relaxed
Stressed cat signs - ✔✔large, round pupils, ears to the side, ears back, thumping tail, hissing
Relaxed dog signs - ✔✔soft mouth, ears forward, body relaxed, mouth open, tail at or just above
the topline wagging
Stressed dog signs - ✔✔tense face, dilated pupils, wrinkled brow, tail tucked, body lowered
Explain what positive reinforcement is and how it affects behavior - ✔✔Positive reinforcement
is the addition of something pleasant to the situation to increase the frequency of a desired
behavior
Explain what positive punishment is and how it affects behavior - ✔✔Positive punishment is the
addition of something aversive or bad to the situation to decrease the behavior in the future
Identify at least 3 positive reinforcers that can be used in a veterinary setting - ✔✔Food, praise,
petting
Explain why positive punishment should be avoided in a veterinary setting - ✔✔Positive
punishment damages the human-animal bond, frequently increasing fear, anxiety, and stress as
well as aggression
Define conditioning - ✔✔Conditioning is learning which is a relatively permanent change in the
behavior of an animal
Differentiate between operant and classical conditioning - ✔✔Operant conditioning involves
teaching how one's actions will cause a consequence where as classical conditioning is the
association of a stimulus with a conditioned emotional response
Explain the goal of classical counterconditioning - ✔✔Change a conditioned emotional response
(CER) to a perceived stimulus from an unpleasant emotion (fear, anxiety and stress) to a pleasant
emotion (happy, relaxed)
What is an important aspect of vision for patients (cats and dogs)? - ✔✔patients are focused on
movement
What is an important aspect of hearing for patients (cats and dogs) - ✔✔patients hear softer and
higher frequency sounds than people
Choose the best way to eliminate an odor in the environment to prevent a patient from smelling it
- ✔✔use a product containing enzymes or enzymatic bacteria
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