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Animal Psychology
Animal Psychology
Curriculum
11 Sections
66 Lessons
Lifetime
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Introduction
2
1.1
Disclaimer and copyright
1.2
Overview of Behaviour
Chapter 1: Overview of Psychology and Behaviour
4
2.0
Why Study Behaviour?
2.1
How is Behaviour Performed?
2.2
Learning and Memory
2.3
Evolution and Behaviour
Chapter 2: Learning Theory
12
3.0
Habituation
3.1
Classical Conditioning
3.2
Operant Conditioning
3.3
Reinforcers
3.4
Appetitive and Aversive Reinforcers
3.5
Secondary Reinforcers
3.6
Aversive Training
3.7
Schedules of reinforecment
3.8
Cues
3.9
Discrimination
3.10
Concept Learning
3.11
Extinction or Extinguishing a Behaviour
Chapter 3: Neuropsychology of Learning
10
4.0
Overview of the Nervous System
4.1
Overview of the Brain
4.2
Wiring of the Nervous System
4.3
The Neurone
4.4
Neurotransmission
4.5
Co-ordination of simple behaviours by the spinal cord
4.6
The Limbic System
4.7
The Basal Ganglion
4.8
The Prefrontal Cortex
4.9
Long Term Potentiation (LTP)
Section 4: Relationship of Behaviour with emotions and senses
9
5.0
Emotions and Behaviour
5.1
Emotions and Senses
5.2
Food-Brain Relationship
5.3
Food and Brain Mechanisms
5.4
Taste
5.5
Sight
5.6
Hearing
5.7
Head Tilts and Hearing
5.8
Touch
Canine Body Language and Communication
11
6.0
Relaxed Language
6.1
What does a wagging tail mean?
6.2
Anticipatory Language
6.3
Calming Signals (or stress signals?)
6.4
Whale Eye
6.5
Shortening or squinting of eyes
6.6
Blinking
6.7
Anxious Tongue Flick
6.8
Displacement
6.9
How to help your dog cope with fear
6.10
As a whole and in context
Chapter 6: Canine Vocalisations
3
7.0
Barking and Growling
7.1
Growling
7.2
Whining
Chapter 7: Canine Play Behaviour
5
8.0
Understanding Play Behaviour
8.1
Play Bow
8.2
Self- Handicapping
8.3
Polite First Meeting
8.4
Tense Meeting
Chapter 8: Behavioural Problems
8
9.0
Pain and Behaviour
9.1
Canine Ladder of Aggression
9.2
Defensive Body Language
9.3
Fear and Aggression
9.4
Dog to Dog Aggression
9.5
Resource Guarding
9.6
Dog to Human Aggression
9.7
On-lead Aggression
Chapter 9: Summary
1
10.0
Summary
Extras
1
11.0
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