In the Technique Known as Bait Shyness, Coyotes Have Been

question 51

Multiple Choice

In the technique known as bait shyness, coyotes have been prevented from attacking sheep by

• A)adding strong garlic flavoring to the sheep feed, thereby changing the odor of the sheep, which wards off the predators.
• B)conditioning a "taste aversion" in the coyotes toward the meat.
• C)using electrified fencing to condition fear of areas where the sheep are.
• D)releasing coyotes conditioned to avoid sheep so that inbreeding with the trained coyotes will reduce attacks.

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Definitions:

Sublimation

A defense mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior, often resulting in a long-term conversion of the initial impulse.

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals, unconsciously, to protect themselves from anxiety and to cope with reality.

Unacceptable Impulse

A desire or thought that is not permitted by personal values or social standards, often repressed or denied.

Superego

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the part of the personality that acts as the ethical component, providing moral standards by which the ego operates.