PSYC 3304 Forward & Chapter 5
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This book is a "how to" book. How to do what? - ANSWER How to train anyone
(human or animal) to do anything that can and should be done
How do you get the cat off the table, your grandmother to stop nagging (or vice-
versa), and improve your own golf game, math skills, or memory, using the
principles covered in this book? - ANSWER Using the principles of training with
reinforcement.
The principles covered in this book are laws of nature. They cover all learning-
teaching situations (including reading this book) as surely as __________ an
apple. - ANSWER Falling of
Usually we use the laws covered in this book inappropriately. What are two
everyday examples? - ANSWER Coaching a team and housebreaking a puppy
We know that with better methods we could accomplish our ends faster, and
without causing distress. We simply have a hard time conceiving what they
would be. Why? - ANSWER We are not attuned to the ways in which modern
trainers take advantage of the lows of positive reinforcement.
Whatever the training task it will go faster, and better, and be more fun if you
know how to use ____________. - ANSWER Postitive reinforcement
The laws of reinforcement, like most natural laws, are simple. Applying these
laws is more a challenge. What does training by reinforcement resemble? What
does it depend upon? - ANSWER Training by reinforcement is like a game, one
dependent upon quick thinking
Anyone can be a trainer and some people are good at it from the very start. But
you don't need special qualities such as "a way with people." What do you need?
- ANSWER You just need to know what you're doing
For those of us muddling along with an uncontrolled pet or at cross-purposes
with a child or co-worker, knowledge of how ________ really works can be
godsend. - ANSWER reinforcement
, Reinforcement training is not a system or rewards and punishments - by and
large modern trainers don't even use those words. When are rewards and
punishments usually given? - ANSWER Usually after the behavior has occurred
"Correctly timed, reinforcement training works: It changes the behavior." When
should effective reinforcement usually be given? - ANSWER The reinforce has to
occur in the very instant the behavior is taking place
When the author signed on as head dolphin trainer at Sea Life Park, she had
trained dogs and horse by traditional methods, but dolphins were a different
story. Why? (Hint: this has nothing to do with dolphin "intelligence"). - ANSWER
You cannot use a leash or a bridle; a bucket of fish was the only tool available.
After K.P. used positive reinforcement to train dolphins and other animals, she
began to see the system creeping into her daily life. What was the sample she
talked about? - ANSWER She stopped yelling at her kids and started to use
positive reinforcement on behaviors that she liked.
There is a solid body of scientific theory underlying the principles of training by
reinforcement. What is the purpose of this book? - ANSWER The fundamental
laws are well established and must be taken into account when training
Training with reinforcement (As opposed to rewards and punishment) has
yielded benefits. Some disorders seem to respond to shaping and reinforcement
as to no other treatment. What is one of these? - ANSWER Autism-using
behavioral techniques
What are the reasons Computer-Assisted-Instruction is great fun and bound to
be more effective than traditional techniques? - ANSWER CAI include fireworks
and dancing robots for amusement and effective due to the perfect timing of the
computer
Academicians have studied the most minute aspects of conditioning. This
absorption with detail has valid psychological purposes, but the author has not
been able to find much good __________ in it. Why? - ANSWER training; training is
a loop, a two-way communication in which an event at one end of the loop
changes events at the other. Many psychologist treat their work as something
they do to a subject not with a subject
In this book, the author sacrifices technical precision in favor of a vocabulary
that people can understand. Why? - ANSWER The author's audience is not just
limited to psychologist, but to high school students to cowboys.
According to Schopenhauer, three things happen in orderly sequence to a new
idea when it is first presented. What are they? - ANSWER Original ideas are first
ridiculed, then vigorously attacked and finally taken for granted
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This book is a "how to" book. How to do what? - ANSWER How to train anyone
(human or animal) to do anything that can and should be done
How do you get the cat off the table, your grandmother to stop nagging (or vice-
versa), and improve your own golf game, math skills, or memory, using the
principles covered in this book? - ANSWER Using the principles of training with
reinforcement.
The principles covered in this book are laws of nature. They cover all learning-
teaching situations (including reading this book) as surely as __________ an
apple. - ANSWER Falling of
Usually we use the laws covered in this book inappropriately. What are two
everyday examples? - ANSWER Coaching a team and housebreaking a puppy
We know that with better methods we could accomplish our ends faster, and
without causing distress. We simply have a hard time conceiving what they
would be. Why? - ANSWER We are not attuned to the ways in which modern
trainers take advantage of the lows of positive reinforcement.
Whatever the training task it will go faster, and better, and be more fun if you
know how to use ____________. - ANSWER Postitive reinforcement
The laws of reinforcement, like most natural laws, are simple. Applying these
laws is more a challenge. What does training by reinforcement resemble? What
does it depend upon? - ANSWER Training by reinforcement is like a game, one
dependent upon quick thinking
Anyone can be a trainer and some people are good at it from the very start. But
you don't need special qualities such as "a way with people." What do you need?
- ANSWER You just need to know what you're doing
For those of us muddling along with an uncontrolled pet or at cross-purposes
with a child or co-worker, knowledge of how ________ really works can be
godsend. - ANSWER reinforcement
, Reinforcement training is not a system or rewards and punishments - by and
large modern trainers don't even use those words. When are rewards and
punishments usually given? - ANSWER Usually after the behavior has occurred
"Correctly timed, reinforcement training works: It changes the behavior." When
should effective reinforcement usually be given? - ANSWER The reinforce has to
occur in the very instant the behavior is taking place
When the author signed on as head dolphin trainer at Sea Life Park, she had
trained dogs and horse by traditional methods, but dolphins were a different
story. Why? (Hint: this has nothing to do with dolphin "intelligence"). - ANSWER
You cannot use a leash or a bridle; a bucket of fish was the only tool available.
After K.P. used positive reinforcement to train dolphins and other animals, she
began to see the system creeping into her daily life. What was the sample she
talked about? - ANSWER She stopped yelling at her kids and started to use
positive reinforcement on behaviors that she liked.
There is a solid body of scientific theory underlying the principles of training by
reinforcement. What is the purpose of this book? - ANSWER The fundamental
laws are well established and must be taken into account when training
Training with reinforcement (As opposed to rewards and punishment) has
yielded benefits. Some disorders seem to respond to shaping and reinforcement
as to no other treatment. What is one of these? - ANSWER Autism-using
behavioral techniques
What are the reasons Computer-Assisted-Instruction is great fun and bound to
be more effective than traditional techniques? - ANSWER CAI include fireworks
and dancing robots for amusement and effective due to the perfect timing of the
computer
Academicians have studied the most minute aspects of conditioning. This
absorption with detail has valid psychological purposes, but the author has not
been able to find much good __________ in it. Why? - ANSWER training; training is
a loop, a two-way communication in which an event at one end of the loop
changes events at the other. Many psychologist treat their work as something
they do to a subject not with a subject
In this book, the author sacrifices technical precision in favor of a vocabulary
that people can understand. Why? - ANSWER The author's audience is not just
limited to psychologist, but to high school students to cowboys.
According to Schopenhauer, three things happen in orderly sequence to a new
idea when it is first presented. What are they? - ANSWER Original ideas are first
ridiculed, then vigorously attacked and finally taken for granted
