CPDT-KA Exam
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 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
(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.
Learning (Ans- a change in behavior that lasts for a long time
Performance (Ans- the doing of a behavior, doesn't mean that something was learned
Discriminative Stimulus (Ans- Your command
Temporary Criteria (Ans- the beginning steps of an exercise towards 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)
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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- cues the dog knows and enjoys doing. the doing is the reinforcer
One of the most important points about reinforcement (Ans- Do not feed or reinforce unwanted behaviors during training
Shaping (Ans- rewards dog for successive approximations of the behavior
Luring (Ans- lead the dog into the behavior by tempting with a treat
Prompting (Ans- Much like luring only the animal can't see the treat
Chaining (Ans- method 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. 2 / 3
Free Shaping (Ans- No instruction, cues or input is given, except for the clicker.
Stimulus Control (Ans- how a dog responds to cue
Under stimulus control (Ans-
when dog does not:
- refuse to give behavior when cued to do so
- give a different behavior on the cue
2.give the behavior if not cued to do so 3.give the behavior for a different cue
Superstitious Behavior (Ans- some 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 (Ans- Variable Schedules of Reinforcement - for fluency
Differential Reinforcement (Ans- A type of VSR where we look for the best examples of the 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
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