CPDT-KA Study Guide questions and answers 2023 Species Designation - Correct Answer Canis Lupis Familiaris What does "Tame" mean? - Correct Answer (v) to domesticate; (adj) a domesticated animal which is not dangerous or frightened of people; What is "Domestication"? - Correct Answer (v) Adapting an animal (or plant) to life in intimate association with and to the advantage of humans; (adj- "domestic") An animal that has undergone extensive behavioral and biological changes resulting from selective breeding over the course of many generations resulting in tameness What does "Neoteny" mean? - Correct Answer The retention of immature characteristics in adulthood *Many modern dog breeds retain neotenous characteristics.What does "Phylogeny" mean? - Correct Answer The evolutionary history of an organism What is "Phylogenetic Behavior" (in dogs)? - Correct Answer Behaviors common to the
dog as a species:
*Food acquisition *Hazard avoidance, safety/comfort seeking *Reproductive behaviors What are "Fixed Action Patterns"? - Correct Answer Innate or phylogenetic behaviors which must be completed before the animal stops; Examples: urine marking even if the dog has no urine remaining in system or circling before laying on a blanket What is "Ontogenetic Behavior"? - Correct Answer A response to environmental influences. It is learned, has be rewarded, and can be modified. ie. dog running to name after being fed previously when name was called Tempermant - Correct Answer Nature v. Nurture; Learned v. Innate.Instinctive Drift - Correct Answer The Breland Effect. The prepotency of strong instinctive behavior patterns over those which have been conditioned. Wherever an animal had strong instructive behavior, the organism will drift toward instinctive behavior to the detriment of the conditioned behavior.Critical Periods - Correct Answer 3-16 weeks. Socialization window begins to diminish by 16 weeks. 1 / 2
Testosterone - Correct Answer Influences behaviors such as mounting, mating, searching for females, scent marking, and aggression. If the dog has a history of being reinforced for such behaviors, that behavior now has a conditioned element and doesn't depend on testosterone.Female Hormones - Correct Answer Estrogen and progesterone. Estrus twice a year.20 days duration. Spaying does not reduce aggression levels in females. Instead may increase.Neuropsychology - Correct Answer Relationship between the brain and the body.Engrams - Correct Answer Muscle Memory. Development and storage of familiar motor action. The neural pathways.Reticular Activating System (RAS) - Correct Answer Attention center of the brain.Where things are perceived, processed, and acted upon. Tuning out things that are unimportant.Limbic System - Correct Answer Network of cells in the brain that integrates instinct and learning. Also involved emotions such as fear. When active Cerebral Cortex is inactive.Cerebral Cortex - Correct Answer Cognitive Functions, such as learning and problem solving. When active, Limbic System is inactive.Oppositional Reflex - Correct Answer If you pull one way, the dog will pull the other.Social Hierarchy - Correct Answer Flexible. Subordinate members show submissive behaviors to dominant members, than dominant individual displays of their super rank.Dominance is not the same as aggression. Relationships establish over time by numerous interactions.Phermones - Correct Answer Produced by lactating females are thought to create a sense of well-being in their puppies.Baseline Posture - Correct Answer Dog is relaxed. Muscles are fluid and move gracefully.Not too bold, not too worried.Mutual Curving Nose to Tail - Correct Answer Greeting behavior Bow - Correct Answer All in good fun.Hackles - Correct Answer Piloerection. Indicates arousal.Stress Behavior - Correct Answer Happy or unhappy state. Abstract and subjective.Good stress and bad stress.
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