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Terms in this set (268)
Operant Conditioning - learned by association -works with VOLUNTARY behaviors -
Skinner 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 - Learned association between 2 events: 1 event is neutral
Pavlov 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.
John Watson's basic theory of Behavior is based on responding to a given stimulus
behavior
Learning a change in behavior that lasts for a long time
,Baby Albert Experiment Dr. John Watson's Study
• Baby Albert was subjected to loud crashing noisesthat
were associated with a white rat (come to be known as
fear conditioning)
• Baby Albert came to fear the rat without the noises•
Stimulus Generalization - baby Albert began to fear things
similar to the rat such as things with white hair Thought to
have proved fear was taught, not innate.
Performance the doing of a behavior, doesn't mean that something was
learned
Discriminative Stimulus Your command
Temporary Criteria the beginning steps of an exercise towards performing a
command that is new to the dog
Reward Based Training uses positive reinforcement (rewards) and negative punishment
(removing something the dog likes - i.e.
your attention)
Primary Reinforcer 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 Clicker, saying "yes", . . . marks a behavior as rewardable and
Conditioned Reinforcer promises reward in near future. Rewards such as tennis balls,
petting, clapping, tugdog is conditioned to like them. ALL OF
THESE ARE
LEARNED THROUGH CLASSICAL CONDITIONING.
Tertiary Reinforcer anything that reliably predicts the chance of receiving
reinforcement - further removed than a secondary reinforcer.
reinforcement counterpoint Do not feed or reward unwanted behaviors during training
, Shaping rewards dog for successful progressive approximations
of the permanent criteria, aka final desired behavior.
Luring lead the dog into the behavior by tempting with a treat.
Prompting Anything that follows the cue to help the dog meet the
criteria.
Chaining 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, etc.
Free Shaping No instruction, cues or input is given, except for the
secondary reinforcer (usually a clicker).
Modeling Physically moving the dog into the desired criteria position.
Ex: Pushing down the butt to get to produce a sit.
Capturing Giving the cue (saying "down") when the dog produces the
behavior without guidance in attempt to associate the
behavior with the cue.
Discrimination in classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish
between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not
signal an unconditioned stimulus
Generalization the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for
stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar
responses - In it's positive aspect, the ability to perform the
correct behavior in response to a command cue (stimulus),
said in any tone, in any environment.
When a cue becomes associated with something worth
Poisoned Cue
avoiding
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Terms in this set (268)
Operant Conditioning - learned by association -works with VOLUNTARY behaviors -
Skinner 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 - Learned association between 2 events: 1 event is neutral
Pavlov 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.
John Watson's basic theory of Behavior is based on responding to a given stimulus
behavior
Learning a change in behavior that lasts for a long time
,Baby Albert Experiment Dr. John Watson's Study
• Baby Albert was subjected to loud crashing noisesthat
were associated with a white rat (come to be known as
fear conditioning)
• Baby Albert came to fear the rat without the noises•
Stimulus Generalization - baby Albert began to fear things
similar to the rat such as things with white hair Thought to
have proved fear was taught, not innate.
Performance the doing of a behavior, doesn't mean that something was
learned
Discriminative Stimulus Your command
Temporary Criteria the beginning steps of an exercise towards performing a
command that is new to the dog
Reward Based Training uses positive reinforcement (rewards) and negative punishment
(removing something the dog likes - i.e.
your attention)
Primary Reinforcer 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 Clicker, saying "yes", . . . marks a behavior as rewardable and
Conditioned Reinforcer promises reward in near future. Rewards such as tennis balls,
petting, clapping, tugdog is conditioned to like them. ALL OF
THESE ARE
LEARNED THROUGH CLASSICAL CONDITIONING.
Tertiary Reinforcer anything that reliably predicts the chance of receiving
reinforcement - further removed than a secondary reinforcer.
reinforcement counterpoint Do not feed or reward unwanted behaviors during training
, Shaping rewards dog for successful progressive approximations
of the permanent criteria, aka final desired behavior.
Luring lead the dog into the behavior by tempting with a treat.
Prompting Anything that follows the cue to help the dog meet the
criteria.
Chaining 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, etc.
Free Shaping No instruction, cues or input is given, except for the
secondary reinforcer (usually a clicker).
Modeling Physically moving the dog into the desired criteria position.
Ex: Pushing down the butt to get to produce a sit.
Capturing Giving the cue (saying "down") when the dog produces the
behavior without guidance in attempt to associate the
behavior with the cue.
Discrimination in classical conditioning, the learned ability to distinguish
between a conditioned stimulus and stimuli that do not
signal an unconditioned stimulus
Generalization the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for
stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar
responses - In it's positive aspect, the ability to perform the
correct behavior in response to a command cue (stimulus),
said in any tone, in any environment.
When a cue becomes associated with something worth
Poisoned Cue
avoiding
