CPDT-KA Comprehensive Study Q's
What is a Punisher - answersomething the learner will work to avoid and diminishes
likelihood behavior will repeat
Primary Reinforcers - answerfood, reproductive opportunity, water, physical and
emotional security, sometimes play
Secondary Reinforcer - answerThe stimulus is paired with or predicting a primary
reinforcer, EX: clicker predicting food
Tertiary Reinforcer - answerA behavior or stimulus that has been paired with or predicts
a secondary reinforcer; helps create behavior chains
Stimulus definition - answerSomething that elicits a behavior
Response definition - answerA behavior elicited by a stimulus
Consequence - answerWhat occurs in response to the learner's behavior (i.e. a
reinforcer, punisher, nothing). Varies depending on the learner
Counter- Conditioned Stimulus - answerA stimulus/response that has a new, redefined
meaning than previously learned
Sensitization - answerTo become hyper aware or responsive to a stimulus
Desensitization - answerTo become less aware/sensitive of a stimulus through a
protocol or intentional practice
Adaptation - answerPhysical/sensory systems have been fatigued
Habituation - answerTo become less aware/sensitive to a stimulus through "been there,
done that" and stimulus was/is always present in full force.
Overlearning - answerPracticing until lesson is understood no matter how information is
presented
Poisoned Cue - answerWhen negative association has been attached to a cue
, Eustress - answer"Good" stress--learner is primed and ready to engage in learning, is a
pleasant state of arousal
Distress - answer"Bad" stress--learner is overwhelmed and overloaded with stress
hormones
Consequences of distress - answerdogs will show calming signals, have lowered
problem-solving ability
Elicited behavior - answerinvoluntary/reflexive/emotional behavior
What type of training can be used to change behavior that is elicited? - answerClassical
Conditioning
Emitted behavior - answerA voluntary choice behavior
When training through operant learning/conditioning we are looking for - answerEmitted
Behavior
Extinction definition - answerDecreasing/extinguishing (frequency) of a conditioned
behavior by removing reinforcement
Extinction Burst definition - answerWhere behavior increases in frequency/intensity
early during extinction
Spontaneous Recovery definition - answer"backsliding" in recover/extinction
What is the Premack Principle - answerA more likely behavior can reinforce a less likely
behavior
Grandma's Law - answerAKA Premack Principle
"Eat your peas and then you can have ice cream" is an example of using the
____________ - answerPremack Principle
Torndike's Law of Effect - answerBehaviors are more likely to be repeated if they lead to
a satisfying consequence, and less likely to be repeated if they lead to an unsatisfying
consequence
Torndike's Law of Effect states that (3 parts) - answer1) Learning is incremental
2)Learning can occur via trail and error
3) "Use it or lose it!" Learning can be lost if not practiced/reviewed occasionally
Classical Learning/Conditioning works on changing - answervisceral/emotional/reflexive
associations
What is a Punisher - answersomething the learner will work to avoid and diminishes
likelihood behavior will repeat
Primary Reinforcers - answerfood, reproductive opportunity, water, physical and
emotional security, sometimes play
Secondary Reinforcer - answerThe stimulus is paired with or predicting a primary
reinforcer, EX: clicker predicting food
Tertiary Reinforcer - answerA behavior or stimulus that has been paired with or predicts
a secondary reinforcer; helps create behavior chains
Stimulus definition - answerSomething that elicits a behavior
Response definition - answerA behavior elicited by a stimulus
Consequence - answerWhat occurs in response to the learner's behavior (i.e. a
reinforcer, punisher, nothing). Varies depending on the learner
Counter- Conditioned Stimulus - answerA stimulus/response that has a new, redefined
meaning than previously learned
Sensitization - answerTo become hyper aware or responsive to a stimulus
Desensitization - answerTo become less aware/sensitive of a stimulus through a
protocol or intentional practice
Adaptation - answerPhysical/sensory systems have been fatigued
Habituation - answerTo become less aware/sensitive to a stimulus through "been there,
done that" and stimulus was/is always present in full force.
Overlearning - answerPracticing until lesson is understood no matter how information is
presented
Poisoned Cue - answerWhen negative association has been attached to a cue
, Eustress - answer"Good" stress--learner is primed and ready to engage in learning, is a
pleasant state of arousal
Distress - answer"Bad" stress--learner is overwhelmed and overloaded with stress
hormones
Consequences of distress - answerdogs will show calming signals, have lowered
problem-solving ability
Elicited behavior - answerinvoluntary/reflexive/emotional behavior
What type of training can be used to change behavior that is elicited? - answerClassical
Conditioning
Emitted behavior - answerA voluntary choice behavior
When training through operant learning/conditioning we are looking for - answerEmitted
Behavior
Extinction definition - answerDecreasing/extinguishing (frequency) of a conditioned
behavior by removing reinforcement
Extinction Burst definition - answerWhere behavior increases in frequency/intensity
early during extinction
Spontaneous Recovery definition - answer"backsliding" in recover/extinction
What is the Premack Principle - answerA more likely behavior can reinforce a less likely
behavior
Grandma's Law - answerAKA Premack Principle
"Eat your peas and then you can have ice cream" is an example of using the
____________ - answerPremack Principle
Torndike's Law of Effect - answerBehaviors are more likely to be repeated if they lead to
a satisfying consequence, and less likely to be repeated if they lead to an unsatisfying
consequence
Torndike's Law of Effect states that (3 parts) - answer1) Learning is incremental
2)Learning can occur via trail and error
3) "Use it or lose it!" Learning can be lost if not practiced/reviewed occasionally
Classical Learning/Conditioning works on changing - answervisceral/emotional/reflexive
associations
