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Operant Conditioning - Skinner - ANSWERlearned 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 - ANSWERLearned 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 - ANSWERa change in behavior that lasts for a long time
Performance - ANSWERthe doing of a behavior, doesn't mean that something was
learned
Discriminative Stimulus - ANSWERYour command
Temporary Criteria - ANSWERthe beginning steps of an exercise towards performing
a command that is new to the dog
Reward Based Training - ANSWERuses positive reinforcement (rewards) and negative
punishment (removing something the dog likes - i.e. your attention)
Primary Reinforcer - ANSWERfood, 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 - ANSWERClicker, 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 - ANSWERcues the dog knows and enjoys doing. the doing is the
reinforcer
One of the most important points about reinforcement - ANSWERDo not feed or
reinforce unwanted behaviors during training
, Shaping - ANSWERrewards dog for successive approximations of the behavior
Luring - ANSWERlead the dog into the behavior by tempting with a treat
Prompting - ANSWERMuch like luring only the animal can't see the treat
Chaining - ANSWERmethod 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 - ANSWERNo instruction, cues or input is given, except for the clicker.
Stimulus Control - ANSWERhow a dog responds to cue
Under stimulus control - ANSWERwhen 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 - ANSWERsome 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 - ANSWERVariable Schedules of Reinforcement - for fluency
Differential Reinforcement - ANSWERA 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 - ANSWERMajority of dog training is this type
Habituation - ANSWERA decrease in the strength of a naturally elicited behavior that
occurs through repeated presentations of the eliciting stimulus.
The reason for varying rewards - ANSWERBecause dogs can habituate to rewards
resulting in slower, less vigorous responses
Sensitization - ANSWERreaction to a stimulus becomes even stronger when the
stimulus is being shown repeatedly
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Operant Conditioning - Skinner - ANSWERlearned 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 - ANSWERLearned 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 - ANSWERa change in behavior that lasts for a long time
Performance - ANSWERthe doing of a behavior, doesn't mean that something was
learned
Discriminative Stimulus - ANSWERYour command
Temporary Criteria - ANSWERthe beginning steps of an exercise towards performing
a command that is new to the dog
Reward Based Training - ANSWERuses positive reinforcement (rewards) and negative
punishment (removing something the dog likes - i.e. your attention)
Primary Reinforcer - ANSWERfood, 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 - ANSWERClicker, 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 - ANSWERcues the dog knows and enjoys doing. the doing is the
reinforcer
One of the most important points about reinforcement - ANSWERDo not feed or
reinforce unwanted behaviors during training
, Shaping - ANSWERrewards dog for successive approximations of the behavior
Luring - ANSWERlead the dog into the behavior by tempting with a treat
Prompting - ANSWERMuch like luring only the animal can't see the treat
Chaining - ANSWERmethod 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 - ANSWERNo instruction, cues or input is given, except for the clicker.
Stimulus Control - ANSWERhow a dog responds to cue
Under stimulus control - ANSWERwhen 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 - ANSWERsome 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 - ANSWERVariable Schedules of Reinforcement - for fluency
Differential Reinforcement - ANSWERA 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 - ANSWERMajority of dog training is this type
Habituation - ANSWERA decrease in the strength of a naturally elicited behavior that
occurs through repeated presentations of the eliciting stimulus.
The reason for varying rewards - ANSWERBecause dogs can habituate to rewards
resulting in slower, less vigorous responses
Sensitization - ANSWERreaction to a stimulus becomes even stronger when the
stimulus is being shown repeatedly
