Effectiveness is not enough QUIZ | Animal Training Academy

#1. Who said, "As to diseases, make a habit of two things – to help, or at least to do no harm."?

Socrates

Plato

Hippocrates

Aristotle

#2. Why do some people continue to advocate for questionable behavior strategies?

They believe it is always effective

They find these strategies convenient

The strategies work some of the time

They want to harm the animals

#3. What is one of the drawbacks of only evaluating behavior strategies based on their effectiveness?

It considers the welfare of the animal

It ensures the animal is always happy

It might ignore the humane aspect of the procedure

It ensures the quickest result

#4. What does Carter and Wheeler define as part of intrusiveness?

The social acceptability of an intervention

The complexity of the strategy

The number of animals involved

The cost of the procedure

#5. What negative side effect can be associated with punishment-based procedures?

Increased playfulness

Generalized fear

Improved learning abilities

Enhanced social skills

#6. What is NOT a problem with punishment-based procedures?

They teach alternative behaviors

They can increase aggression

They don't teach caregivers alternative strategies

They require increasing aversiveness for sustained behavior reduction

#7. What is the principle of the least restrictive behavior intervention (LRBI)?

Use the most intrusive strategies first

Prioritize punishment over reinforcement

Promote the most positive, least intrusive behavior reduction procedures

Prioritize interventions based on their cost

#8. Level 5 in Alberto and Troutman’s hierarchy involves

Negative punishment

Positive reinforcement

Differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors

Arranging distant antecedents

#9. What is one standard that appears desirable for all behavior-related professions?

Prioritize convenience over welfare

Use only costly procedures

Use interventions that are custom-tailored for each individual

Avoid collecting data during intervention

#10. What is a proposed additional criterion to effectiveness for behavior interventions?

Cost

Time taken

Relative intrusiveness

Familiarity

#11. Without ethical standards, interventions might be chosen based on:

Ethical considerations

Familiarity, speed, or blind authority

Evidence-based research

The welfare of animals

#12. What phenomenon results when animals give up trying to escape aversive events?

Learned intelligence

Learned proficiency

Learned agility

Learned helplessness

#13. Why is it crucial to have a standard for selecting behavior reduction procedures?

To ensure procedures are cost-effective

To ensure consideration of humaneness

To only choose convenient procedures

To ensure the procedures are complex

#14. The commitment to using the most positive and least intrusive interventions allows us to:

Think before acting

Ignore the animal's feelings

Act impulsively

Choose convenience over welfare

#15. Response blocking can result in which of the following?

Enhanced immunity

Reduced aggression

Increased appetite

Suppressed immune system activity

#16. "Intrusiveness and Learner Control" focuses on:

Ensuring the learner maintains control

Making learning more complex

Ensuring the learner remains passive

Making learning as intrusive as possible

#17. When behavior strategies work only some of the time, it can be likened to:

A consistent failure

Intermittent jackpots in gambling

A constant win

A predictable pattern

#18. What is NOT a detrimental side effect of punishment and learned helplessness?

Apathy

Increased learning capacity

Generalized fear

Escape/avoidance behaviors

#19. Why are Level 6 interventions rarely necessary?

With proper knowledge and skills, there are better alternatives

They require too much time

They are not well-known

They are too costly

#20. What does behavior analysis and animal behavior consulting have in common?

They always work in a consultant's office

They both supervise others who carry out intervention plans

They prioritise punishment-based procedures