CPDT-KA exam (100% correct and graded A+)

Operant Conditioning - Skinner - Answer-learned by association -works with VOLUNTARY behaviors - applying reinforcement or punishment AFTER the behavior Creator of this method considered a "reinforcer" something that made a behavior occur more frequently. If there was no change in the behavior, it wasn't a reinforcement. Formula: Discriminative Stimulus (your command)-Response-Consequence Classical Conditioning - Pavlov - Answer-Learned association between 2 events: 1 event is neutral and 1 event elicits an unconditioned response. Works with INVOLUNTARY/automatic behaviors (like drooling) and placing a neutral sign (like ringing a bell) BEFORE it. Learning - Answer-a change in behavior that lasts for a long time Performance - Answer-the doing of a behavior, doesn't mean that something was learned Discriminative Stimulus - Answer-Your command Temporary Criteria - Answer-the beginning steps of an exercise towards performing a command that is new to the dog Reward Based Training - Answer-uses positive reinforcement (rewards) and negative punishment (removing something the dog likes - i.e. your attention) Primary Reinforcer - Answer-food, water, anything dog needs for survival. Food activates parasympathetic nervous system, can calm dog, make him less fearful, & result in training process being enjoyable Secondary Reinforcer aka Conditioned Reinforcer - Answer-Clicker, saying "yes", . . . marks a behavior as rewardable and promises reward in near future. Rewards such as tennis balls, petting, clapping, tug- dog is conditioned to like them. ALL OF THESE ARE LEARNED THROUGH CLASSICAL CONDITIONING. Tertiary Reinforcer - Answer-cues the dog knows and enjoys doing. the doing is the reinforcerOne of the most important points about reinforcement - Answer-Do not feed or reinforce unwanted behaviors during training Shaping - Answer-rewards dog for successive approximations of the behavior Luring - Answer-lead the dog into the behavior by tempting with a treat Prompting - Answer-Much like luring only the animal can't see the treat Chaining - Answer-method of teaching a complex sequence of behaviors. each behavior signals the other behavior that eventually signals a reward. Doing this from the last step to the first step is usually the most efficient way - with the last behavior trained first, followed by a reward. Then teach the behavior that will preceed that one, etc, etc. Free Shaping - Answer-No instruction, cues or input is given, except for the clicker. Stimulus Control - Answer-how a dog responds to cue Under stimulus control - Answer-when dog does not: 1. refuse to give behavior when cued to do so the behavior if not cued to do so the behavior for a different cue 4. give a different behavior on the cue