Pets and Human Behavior Quiz 1

May include some midterm prompts too.

Service Animal

• IS specially trained to assist an individual presenting with a disability

Therapy Animal

psychological or physiological comfort, no special public access rights

Emotional Support Animal (ESA)

prescribed by a MH professional for therapeutic support, comfort to individuals with a mental/emotional disability. Do NOT require specialized training.

Human-Animal Bond (HAB)

• A subset of the HAI

• The human animal bond is defined as a mutually beneficial and dynamic relationship between people and animals influenced by behaviors that are considered essential to the health and wellbeing of animals and people.

Human-Animal Interaction (HAI)

• The full range of people’s associations with animals and pets

Zoonosis

Diseases from animals to humans

Vicarious Trauma

The emotional residue of exposure to traumatic stories and experiences of others

Zooeyia

Benefits from animals to humans

One Health

approach that recognizes the health and well-being of people is closely connected to the health and well-being of animals, companion pets and our shared environment. 

Pets

a domestic or tamed animal kept for companionship or pleasure. (google definition)

Animal Sentience

the capacity of animals to experience positive and negative emotions and sensations, including pain, joy, fear, and pleasure

Ethology

scientific study of animal behavior, focusing on instinct, evolution, and natural habitats to understand how behavior is shaped by genetics and environment

An "emotional support animal" can be which of the following animals?

any of them

What is the general meaning of sub-clinical pet separation anxiety?

When pet separation anxiety causes some psychological discomfort in a pet owner but it does not interfere with the owner’s daily life, it is referred to as "sub-clinical pet separation anxiety."

Service animals are animals that…

have been specifically trained to perform tasks for people presenting with disabilities.

Animal assisted therapy (AAT) is…

the use of a specially trained animal to provide comfort, emotional support, and therapeutic care to people with different health challenges.

In a crisis situation, some harmful environment to animals might include…

biohazards and unhealthy air

"Pets" provide people with…

love, companionship and joy.

Over time, human-animal interactions have been associated with…

attachment theory, social support theory and biopsychosocial theory

the study of animal behavior is called

"ethology."

Anthropomorphism

attributing human characteristics to animals

the biophilia hypothesis is defined as…

the tendency to focus on life and lifelike processes

Neighborhood dogs are entirely free to ___, neighborhood dogs are only ____ on one or more families for food or shelter

roam, semi-dependent

feral dogs are dogs that are wholly ___, feral dogs are ____ on food or shelter from people

unrestricted, not dependent

AACR- Animal Assisted Crisis Response

• for people who have been impacted by crises like terrorist attacks

• provide comfort

all ethical animal assisted interventions must…

emphasize the importance of the animals safety, comfort and wellbeing

A harmful environment to animals might include ….

unhealthy air, biohazards, or any other dangerous situation caused by a crisis or a natural disaster

If the disease is transmitted from humans to animals it would be called…

reverse zoonosis.

a zoonotic pathogen can be…

bacterial, viral, parasitic, or fungal.

Animal assisted therapy (AAT) is the use of…

a specially trained animal to provide comfort, emotional support, and therapeutic care to people with different health challenges.

Animal assisted activity is…

an informal casual and interactive visit by a trained human animal team geared towards motivation, education and recreation to interested participant