Behavior Modification Plan for Spotted Hyenas

Instructions:
Think about what you learned from the three scenarios generated in this week’s Discussion 1. Choose one of the scenarios (that was relevant to your focal species) to expand upon. You’ll be expanding on both the scenario and the behavior modification plan for your project.
In approximately 500 words, lay out your entire behavior modification plan for your Course Project presentation pitch to the Board of Directors. Your plan should be written in APA style with in-text citations and references, use appropriate headings and apply any applicable feedback given by your instructor and your peers in the discussion. Your plan should reference at least 3 outside scientific sources. Remember, you might not be able to find literature supporting your specific scenario with your focal animal, so you may have to find behavior modification techniques that can be applied across species.
Some things to consider as your construct your plan:
Habitat/Enclosure settings
History of the behavior and/or individual. How long has this behavior been going on? When and how did it start?
Functional analysis: Why is the animal doing this? What is maintaining it?
Animal conspecifics
Operant Conditioning and the ABC’s
How will the plan be consistently maintained?
Will data be collected? How will you know if progress is being made and the plan is successful?
Why it matters; for public guests, for the animal caretakers, and most importantly, for the welfare of the individual animal
My target animal is the spotted Hyena