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Operant Conditioning - Skinner Ans: 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
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behavior occur more frequently. If there was no change in the behavior,
it wasn't a reinforcement.
Formula:
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Discriminative Stimulus (your command)-Response-Consequence
Classical Conditioning - Pavlov Ans: 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.
John Watson's basic theory of behavior Ans: Behavior is based on
responding to a given stimulus
Learning Ans: a change in behavior that lasts for a long time
Baby Albert Experiment Ans: Dr. John Watson's Study
• Baby Albert was subjected to loud crashing noises that were
associated with a white rat (come to be known as fear conditioning)
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• Baby Albert came to fear the rat without the noises
• Stimulus Generalization - baby Albert began to fear things similar to the
rat such as things with white hair
Thought to have proved fear was taught, not innate.
Performance Ans: the doing of a behavior, doesn't mean that
something was learned
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Discriminative Stimulus Ans: Your command
Temporary Criteria Ans: the beginning steps of an exercise towards
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performing a command that is new to the dog
Reward Based Training Ans: uses positive reinforcement (rewards) and
negative punishment (removing something the dog likes - i.e. your
attention)
Primary Reinforcer Ans: 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 Ans: 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 Ans: anything that reliably predicts the chance of
receiving reinforcement - further removed than a secondary reinforcer.
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reinforcement counterpoint Ans: Do not feed or reward unwanted
behaviors during training
Shaping Ans: rewards dog for successful progressive approximations of
the permanent criteria, aka final desired behavior.
Luring Ans: lead the dog into the behavior by tempting with a treat.
Prompting Ans: Anything that follows the cue to help the dog meet the
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criteria.
Chaining Ans: method of teaching a complex sequence of behaviors.
each behavior signals the other behavior that eventually signals a
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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 Ans: No instruction, cues or input is given, except for the
secondary reinforcer (usually a clicker).
Modeling Ans: Physically moving the dog into the desired criteria
position. Ex: Pushing down the butt to get to produce a sit.
Capturing Ans: Giving the cue (saying "down") when the dog produces
the behavior without guidance in attempt to associate the behavior
with the cue.
Discrimination Ans: in classical conditioning, the learned ability to
distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal
an unconditioned stimulus
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Generalization Ans: the tendency, once a response has been
conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar
responses - In it's positive aspect, the ability to perform the correct
behavior in response to a command cue (stimulus), said in any tone, in
any environment.
Poisoned Cue Ans: When a cue becomes associated with something
worth avoiding
Stimulus control Ans: When a dog can both discriminate and generalize
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a behavior, he is said to have learned:
Superstitious Behavior Ans: some irrelevant behavior that the dog
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performs along with the desired one thinking that it's required to earn the
reward. Usually the result of an accidental reinforcement
VSR Ans: Variable Schedules of Reinforcement - good for fluency
Differential Reinforcement of Excellent Behavior Ans: A type of VSR
where we look for the best examples of the desired behavior to reward
& ignore other offers
Limited Hold Ans: (VSR) Reward is available only for a certain length of
time. It rewards the SPEED of response.
Operant conditioning Ans: Majority of dog training is this type
Habituation Ans: A decrease in the strength of a naturally elicited
behavior that occurs through repeated presentations of the eliciting
stimulus.
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CPDT-KA Questions and Answers (100%
Correct Answers) Already Graded A+
Operant Conditioning - Skinner Ans: 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
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behavior occur more frequently. If there was no change in the behavior,
it wasn't a reinforcement.
Formula:
Guru01 - Stuvia
Discriminative Stimulus (your command)-Response-Consequence
Classical Conditioning - Pavlov Ans: 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.
John Watson's basic theory of behavior Ans: Behavior is based on
responding to a given stimulus
Learning Ans: a change in behavior that lasts for a long time
Baby Albert Experiment Ans: Dr. John Watson's Study
• Baby Albert was subjected to loud crashing noises that were
associated with a white rat (come to be known as fear conditioning)
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• Baby Albert came to fear the rat without the noises
• Stimulus Generalization - baby Albert began to fear things similar to the
rat such as things with white hair
Thought to have proved fear was taught, not innate.
Performance Ans: the doing of a behavior, doesn't mean that
something was learned
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Discriminative Stimulus Ans: Your command
Temporary Criteria Ans: the beginning steps of an exercise towards
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performing a command that is new to the dog
Reward Based Training Ans: uses positive reinforcement (rewards) and
negative punishment (removing something the dog likes - i.e. your
attention)
Primary Reinforcer Ans: 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 Ans: 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 Ans: anything that reliably predicts the chance of
receiving reinforcement - further removed than a secondary reinforcer.
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reinforcement counterpoint Ans: Do not feed or reward unwanted
behaviors during training
Shaping Ans: rewards dog for successful progressive approximations of
the permanent criteria, aka final desired behavior.
Luring Ans: lead the dog into the behavior by tempting with a treat.
Prompting Ans: Anything that follows the cue to help the dog meet the
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criteria.
Chaining Ans: method of teaching a complex sequence of behaviors.
each behavior signals the other behavior that eventually signals a
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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 Ans: No instruction, cues or input is given, except for the
secondary reinforcer (usually a clicker).
Modeling Ans: Physically moving the dog into the desired criteria
position. Ex: Pushing down the butt to get to produce a sit.
Capturing Ans: Giving the cue (saying "down") when the dog produces
the behavior without guidance in attempt to associate the behavior
with the cue.
Discrimination Ans: in classical conditioning, the learned ability to
distinguish between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not signal
an unconditioned stimulus
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Generalization Ans: the tendency, once a response has been
conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar
responses - In it's positive aspect, the ability to perform the correct
behavior in response to a command cue (stimulus), said in any tone, in
any environment.
Poisoned Cue Ans: When a cue becomes associated with something
worth avoiding
Stimulus control Ans: When a dog can both discriminate and generalize
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a behavior, he is said to have learned:
Superstitious Behavior Ans: some irrelevant behavior that the dog
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performs along with the desired one thinking that it's required to earn the
reward. Usually the result of an accidental reinforcement
VSR Ans: Variable Schedules of Reinforcement - good for fluency
Differential Reinforcement of Excellent Behavior Ans: A type of VSR
where we look for the best examples of the desired behavior to reward
& ignore other offers
Limited Hold Ans: (VSR) Reward is available only for a certain length of
time. It rewards the SPEED of response.
Operant conditioning Ans: Majority of dog training is this type
Habituation Ans: A decrease in the strength of a naturally elicited
behavior that occurs through repeated presentations of the eliciting
stimulus.
