CPDT Study Questions. Terry Ryan, Sophia Yin, Pryor, Reid: Questions & Answers

Variable Schedule of Reinforcement (Ans- "Simply means that sometimes you reinforce a behavior, sometimes you don't." - Karen Pryor Relationship between shaping, extinction bursts and reinforcement schedules (Ans- Dog hits a plateau while shaping. I'm reinforcing less. Dog experiments. Frustrations leads to faster and more vigorous responses (mini-extinction burst). Now trainer has something to choose from! What are "High Drive Dogs"? (Ans- Dogs that are "hot" for moving object reinforcers. What is D.T.P. and what is it's limit as a motivator? (Ans- Desire to Please. It can't be an exclusive motivator. What is, "Establishing operation"? (Ans- Trainers deliberately using deprivation to increase motivation. (Like not feeding until training session or keeping dog isolated). Bad thing ends (Ans- Negative reinforcer Good thing starts (Ans- Positive reinforcement Good thing ends (Ans- Negative punishment Bad thing starts (Ans- Positive punishment Operant conditioning is deliberately manipulating the [A] to control the dog's [B]. (Ans- A. Consequences B. Behavior In operant conditioning, animals can change what happens by __________. (Ans- Responding in a certain way Behavior is always under the control of its.... (Ans- Consequences. Classical Conditioning is the tip off to [A], both [B], allow animals to [C] for the [D]. (Ans- A. Important events B. Good and nasty C. Prepare themselves D. Inevitable Classical conditioning is the strengthening of the [A] power of something that has previously had none, by consistently putting it [B], usually, [C]. (Ans- A. Predictive Power B. Ahead of something else C. Something important What does "conditioning" mean? (Ans- Strengthening When a dog sits it is called a [A]. An individual [A] is called a [B]. One instance of an [A] plus reinforcer is called a [C] A series of 5 to 10 [C's] is called a [D]. A series of [D's] is called a [E]. (Ans- A. Response. B. Rep. C. Trial. D. Set. E. Session. What is a bite/fear threshold? (Ans- Multiple stimuli combined to elicit a bite or reaction. (Strange men/night-time/food bowl). What are the four F's for which play and rough housing are a rehearsal? (Ans- Fighting, fleeing, feeding, f#&king. Agonistic behavior (Ans- Ritual conflict/resolution encounters between dogs -as a substitute for flat-out attacking. (Stares, growls, snarls, snaps, reduced-force biting). What is the best way for a puppy/dog to obtain a cushion of habituation to any category of people? (Ans- While it is a puppy, hand feet it! What is "bounce back"? (Ans- Resilience in character. The more puppies encounter novel situations, and it initially is spooked, the more it gets over it. It habituates. According to "Culture Clash", wh