CBCC-KA MAIN EXAMINATION 2026 SET QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Ian Dunbar - ✔✔Founder of APDT and promoted positive dog training
✔✔Karen Pryor - ✔✔Animal trainer and scientist who published "Don't Shoot the Dog"
explaining the application of operant conditioning
✔✔Reinforcement - ✔✔in operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior
it follows
✔✔Stimulus - ✔✔any event or situation that evokes a response
✔✔primary reinforcer - ✔✔any reinforcer that is naturally reinforcing by meeting a basic
biological need, such as hunger, thirst, or touch
✔✔secondary reinforcer - ✔✔any reinforcer that becomes reinforcing after being paired
with a primary reinforcer, such as praise, tokens, or gold stars
✔✔schedules of reinforcement - ✔✔different patterns of frequency and timing of
reinforcement following desired behavior
✔✔Eustress - ✔✔positive stress or emotional state
✔✔Distress - ✔✔negative stress or emotional state; measured by elevated cortisol
levels and observed behaviors such as lip-licking, yawning, panting
✔✔Cortisol - ✔✔stress hormone
✔✔Systematic desensitization - ✔✔Using very gradual exposure to the stimulus in a
way that keeps the animal feeling safe at all times
✔✔Aversive - ✔✔Anything unpleasant (emotionally or physically) that is used to
decrease an unwanted behavior. Examples of an aversive may include verbal
reprimands, pushing an animal into a position (alpha rolls, dominance downs),
threatening body language, shaker cans, spray bottles, citronella collars, leash
corrections, choke chains, prong collars, or shock collars.
✔✔Antecedent Arrangement - ✔✔The antecedent is the situation or event that was
happening immediately before a behavior. Antecedent arrangement involves
manipulating the situation or environment to improve the likelihood of a desired
behavior.
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Ian Dunbar - ✔✔Founder of APDT and promoted positive dog training
✔✔Karen Pryor - ✔✔Animal trainer and scientist who published "Don't Shoot the Dog"
explaining the application of operant conditioning
✔✔Reinforcement - ✔✔in operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior
it follows
✔✔Stimulus - ✔✔any event or situation that evokes a response
✔✔primary reinforcer - ✔✔any reinforcer that is naturally reinforcing by meeting a basic
biological need, such as hunger, thirst, or touch
✔✔secondary reinforcer - ✔✔any reinforcer that becomes reinforcing after being paired
with a primary reinforcer, such as praise, tokens, or gold stars
✔✔schedules of reinforcement - ✔✔different patterns of frequency and timing of
reinforcement following desired behavior
✔✔Eustress - ✔✔positive stress or emotional state
✔✔Distress - ✔✔negative stress or emotional state; measured by elevated cortisol
levels and observed behaviors such as lip-licking, yawning, panting
✔✔Cortisol - ✔✔stress hormone
✔✔Systematic desensitization - ✔✔Using very gradual exposure to the stimulus in a
way that keeps the animal feeling safe at all times
✔✔Aversive - ✔✔Anything unpleasant (emotionally or physically) that is used to
decrease an unwanted behavior. Examples of an aversive may include verbal
reprimands, pushing an animal into a position (alpha rolls, dominance downs),
threatening body language, shaker cans, spray bottles, citronella collars, leash
corrections, choke chains, prong collars, or shock collars.
✔✔Antecedent Arrangement - ✔✔The antecedent is the situation or event that was
happening immediately before a behavior. Antecedent arrangement involves
manipulating the situation or environment to improve the likelihood of a desired
behavior.
