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CPDT-KAOperant 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 reinforcer
One 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
2.give the behavior if not cued to do so
3.give the behavior for a different cue
4. give a different behavior on the cue
Superstitious Behavior - Answer -some irrelevant behavior that the dog performs along with the desired
one thinking that it's required to earn the reward. Usually the result of an accidental reinforcement
VSR - Answer -Variable Schedules of Reinforcement - for fluency
Differential Reinforcement - Answer -A type of VSR where we look for the best examples of the behavior
to reward & ignore other offers
Limited Hold - Answer -(VSR) Reward is available only for a certain length of time. It rewards the SPEED
of response.
Operant conditioning - Answer -Majority of dog training is this type
Habituation - Answer -A decrease in the strength of a naturally elicited behavior that occurs through
repeated presentations of the eliciting stimulus.
The reason for varying rewards - Answer -Because dogs can habituate to rewards resulting in slower,
less vigorous responses
Sensitization - Answer -reaction to a stimulus becomes even stronger when the stimulus is being shown
repeatedly
CER Conditioned Emotional Response - Answer -i.e. dog rides in car, hears backfire, now associates ride
in car with loud scary noises and doesn't want to ride in cars. Very resistant to extinction
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