Variable Schedule of Reinforcement
(Ans- "Simply means that sometimes you reinforce a behavior, sometimes you don't." - Karen Pryor
Relationship
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(Ans- Dog hits a plateau while shaping. I'm reinforcing less. Dog experiments. Frustrations leads to faster and more vigorous responses (mini-extinction burst). Now trainer has something to choose from!
What are "High Drive Dogs"?
(Ans- Dogs that are "hot" for moving object reinforcers.
What is D.T.P. and what is it's limit as a motivator?
(Ans- Desire to Please. It can't be an exclusive motivator.
What is, "Establishing operation"?
(Ans- Trainers deliberately using deprivation to increase motivation. (Like not feeding until training session or keeping dog isolated).
Bad thing ends
(Ans- Negative reinforcer
Good thing starts
(Ans- Positive reinforcement
Good thing ends
(Ans- Negative punishment
Bad thing starts
(Ans- Positive punishment
Operant conditioning is deliberately manipulating the [A] to control the dog's [B].
(Ans- A. Consequences B. Behavior
In operant conditioning, animals can change what happens by __________.
(Ans- Responding in a certain way
Behavior is always under the control of its....
(Ans- Consequences.
Classical Conditioning is the tip off to [A], both [B], allow animals to [C] for the [D].
(Ans-
A. Important events
B. Good and nasty
C. Prepare themselves
D. Inevitable
Classical conditioning is the strengthening of the [A] power of something that has previously had none, by consistently putting it [B], usually, [C]. (Ans-
A. Predictive Power
B. Ahead of something else
C. Something important
What does "conditioning" mean?
(Ans- Strengthening
When a dog sits it is called a [A]. An individual [A] is called a [B]. One instance of an [A] plus reinforcer is called a [C] A series of 5 to 10 [C's] is called a [D]. A series of [D's] is called a [E].
(Ans- A. Response. B. Rep. C. Trial. D. Set. E. Session.
What is a bite/fear threshold?
(Ans- Multiple stimuli combined to elicit a bite or reaction. (Strange men/night-time/food bowl).
What are the four F's for which play and rough housing are a rehearsal? (Ans- Fighting, fleeing, feeding, f#&king.
Agonistic behavior
(Ans- Ritual conflict/resolution encounters between dogs -as a substitute for flat-out attacking. (Stares, growls, snarls, snaps, reduced-force biting).
What is the best way for a puppy/dog to obtain a cushion of habituation to any category of people?
(Ans- While it is a puppy, hand feet it!
What is "bounce back"?
(Ans- Resilience in character. The more puppies encounter novel situations, and it initially is spooked, the more it gets over it. It habituates.
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