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CPDT-KA Study GuideThe dog sits and a treat is given. The dog learns to sit. - answerPositive Reinforcement
While walking on leash the dog lunges forward and feels pain associated with the
tightening of a prong collar. The dog learns not to lunge against the collar. -
answerPositive Punishment
The dog barks at the owner for attention and the owner leaves the room. The dog learns
not to bark at the owner. - answerNegative Punishment
The puppy jumps against the owners legs and no attention is given to the puppy. The
puppy learns not to jump against the owners legs. - answerExtinction
The owner feeds the dog whenever he lies down in the kitchen. The dog learns to lie
down when in the kitchen. - answerPositive Reinforcement
The dog causes the leg bands on a no pull harness to loosen by walking closer to the
owner. The dog learns to walk closer to the owner. - answerNegative Reinforcement
The owner hits the dog with a rolled up paper whenever the dog makes eye contact with
the children. The dog learns never to look at children. - answerPositive Punishment
The dog barks in his crate for 20 to 30 minutes after the owner leaves. Nothing happens
as a result of the barking. The dog learns not to bark when the owner leaves. -
answerExtinction
The dog looks away from the handler during the heel free exercise and the handler
abandons the dog in the training room. The dog learns to keep his eyes glued on the
handler. - answerNegative Punishment
A puppy is tethered to a training wall. The handler walks away from the puppy whenever
he is jumping. The do learns to keep four feet on the floor when standing by the handler.
- answerNegative Punishment
Treats are dropped on the floor in the kitchen whenever the dog stares at the cook. The
dog learns to stare at anyone who is cooking. - answerPositive Reinforcement
,A dog, while chasing a deer is called. When he does not return to his handler, an
electric shock is applied to his neck. The dog learns to come back when called. -
answerPositive Punishment
While learning to retrieve, a lab opens his mouth and an ear pinch stops when he opens
his mouth to take the dummy. The dog learns to open his mouth to accept the dummy. -
answerNegative Reinforcement
The puppy jumps on the garbage can and knocks it over, and edible refuse is dumped
out on the floor. The puppy learns to get into garbage cans. - answerPositive
Reinforcement
The puppy jumps on the garbage can and knocks it over, and a large pile of cans falls
on the puppy causing extreme fear. The puppy stops jumping on the garbage can. -
answerPositive Punishment
The puppy follows children home everyday in hope of attention. The children fail to pay
attention to the pup ans he eventually stops following them. - answerExtinction
A fearful pup barks at approaching people who then back off. Barking increases. -
answerNegative Reinforcement
On the agility course the dog running begins to bark. The handler removes the dog from
the course and puts him in his crate. The dog learns to run quietly. - answerNegative
Punishment
A service dog is given a treat when he applies forward pressure on his harness. The
dog learns to lead his partner. - answerPositive Reinforcement
A veterinary technician feeds the dog a treat when he is being examined by the vet. The
dog learns to enjoy visiting the vet. - answerPositive Reinforcement
When training a dog to go over the A frame in agility, the trainer offers a treat to the dog
when he has his back feet on the contact zone and his front feet on the ground. The dog
learns to go all the way to the ground and touch the contact zone along the way. -
answerPositive Reinforcement
In practice sessions, the handler uses a prong collar and a tight leash to keep the dog at
her side. The dog learns to heel close to the handler to release the presser on the prong
collar. - answerNegative Reinforcement
In the protection phase of Schutzhund training a puppy is allowed to take the sleeve off
the arm of the agitator. The puppy learns to bite when being formally agitated. -
answerPositive Reinforcement
,At the groomer's , the dog barks while in the drying crate. The groomer uses a squirt
bottle to spray water in his face to "correct" the barking. The dog learns to avoid going
into any crate. - answerPositive Punishment
Every morning you take your puppy to the dog play park. You approach from the south
end of the park and meet your other dog walking friends. One morning you are in a rush
and need to drive to the dog park in order to get your walk done. You park at the North
end of the park and your puppy runs straight to the South end of the park to meet his
playmates. What type of learning is happening?
A. Applied Learning
B. Latent Learning
C. Motivated Learning
D. Cognitive Learning
E. All of the above - answerB. Latent Learning
Indicate which statement is false:
A. The trainer will know that learning has occurred when behavior changes.
B. The trainer will know that learning has occurred when the dog begins to defer to the
owner.
C. The trainer will know that learning has occurred when the dog responds to the
owner's cues.
D. None of the above.
E. All of the above. - answerB. The trainer will know that learning has occurred when
the dog begins to defer to the owner.
The desire to do a behavior may be contingent upon what the dog gets from doing that
behavior. If the dog is sufficiently motivated by the reward, he will be likely to do the
requested behavior.. If a dog is hungry what is he most likely to be motivated by?
A. A ball
B. The chance to chase another dog
C. Touch
D. A belly rub
E. Food - answerE. Food
What are the four stages of learning?
A. Acquisition, fluency, generalization, maintenance
B. Bonding, trusting, loving, working
C. Knowing, understanding, learning, playing
D. Watching, mimicking, experimenting, using
E. Attention, application, usefulness, working - answerA. Acquisition, fluency,
generalization, maintenance
, Behavior that is not learned is called:
A. Interesting
B. Incredible
C. Innate
D. Internal
E. Impossible - answerC. Innate
C. Lloyd Morgan wrote:
"In no case is an animal activity to be interpreted in terms of higher psychological
processes, if it can be fairly interpreted in terms of processes which stand lower in the
scale of psychological evolution and development."
This statement, which could be restated as "unless there is evidence to the contrary,
you must account for a phenomenon with the simplest explanation available", is referred
to as:
A. The principle of simplicity
B. The Principle of obvious answers
C. The principle of Anecdotal evidence
D. The principle of Parsimony
E. The principle of Patriotism - answerD. The principle of Parsimony
Every trainer has a story of the unusual feats of intellect that their dog has achieved.
Often these feats of behavior cannot be matched nor trained. Although interesting and
evidence of the bond between dogs and people behaviorists do not accept these stories
as evidence because:
A. these stories are not quantified
B. These stories are not true
C. These stories while interesting are considered anecdotal
D. The behaviors involved cannot be replicated
E. All of the above - answerC. These stories while interesting are considered anecdotal
The science of behaviorism is used to help us understand how learning happens.
Originally, the work done by behaviorists such as BF Skinner indicated that only the
observed behavior needed to be considered when training, but now it is known that
other factors may be involved with the learning. Which of the following is not considered
to be a factor in training a dog:
A. The Diet of the dog
B. The Emotional state of the dog
C. The Age of the handler
D. The Color of the dog
E. The Age of the dog - answerD. The Color of the dog
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