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E-collars should be considered correct answers As a last resort, and part of the punishment
tier of the humane hierarchy

According to the Humane hierarchy, the first step in training is to correct answers Confirm
that the dog is in good health and receiving proper nutrition

The CCPDT code of ethics requires all of the following correct answers Refraining from use
of derogatory cultural terms
Regular updating of client contact lists
Recommending other trainers with more experience

The humane hierarchy states that the following comes immediately before using positive
reinforcement training to establish a new behavior correct answers Management such as gates
and crates

The following is an unacceptable aversive method which could cause your CPDT-KA
certification to be revoked correct answers Ear pinch method of dumbell retrieve

Is it acceptable to receive a percentage of income from referrals to another professional
correct answers No

Telling a new client about the harsh training methods of another dog trainer is considered
correct answers Defamation of a colleague and unethical

Once you have become a CPDT-KA, you must recertification by correct answers Earning 36
CEUS every 3 years.

If a client with a disability wants to attend your group class you should correct answers Help
the client by providing a reasonable accommodation to mediate her disability

To protect your clients identity at all times you should never correct answers Keep
registration forms where class members can see them

True or False. It is permissible to bring noted into the CPDT-KA exam testing center. correct
answers False

True or False. It is permissible to turn clients away if you don't like their lifestyle choices or
breed of dog. correct answers False

True or False. A CPDT-KA should acquire written permission prior to photographing or
videoing clients correct answers True

+ Positive correct answers Adding something to the environment giving something to the
learner.

- Negative correct answers Taking something away from the environment. Removing or
withholding something from the learner.

,Reinforcer correct answers Something the learner will work to earn. Something the learner
finds pleasurable. Something that strengthens the likelihood that a behavior will repeat.

Punisher correct answers Something the learner will work to avoid. Something the learner
finds aversive. Something that diminishes the likelihood that a behavior will be repeated

Primary reinforcer correct answers Food, reproductive opportunity, water, physical and
emotional security, and play

Secondary reinforcer correct answers A stimulus that has been paired with a primary
reinforcer. A clicker, a simple behavior

Tertiary reinforcer correct answers A behavior or stimulus that has been paired with a
secondary reinforcer

Stimulus correct answers Something that elicits a behavior

Response correct answers The behavior elicited by a stimulus

Antecedent correct answers Something that comes before a behavior. Often a stimulus or a
cue.

Behavior correct answers Something that the learner does in response to the antecedent.

Consequence correct answers What occurs in response to the behavior

Unconditioned correct answers A stimulus or response that has meaning but is not learned.
Often initiates a reflex

Conditioned correct answers A stimulus, response etc. that has been taught to have meaning
to the learner.

Neutral correct answers A stimulus that has no learned or reflexive meaning to the learner

Counter conditioned correct answers A stimulus response that has a new redefined meaning
than previously learned.

Desensitization correct answers Presentation of low levels of a conditioned stimulus. The
learner can avoid responding

Habituation correct answers Allowing dog to get used to it

Overlearning correct answers Making the lesson so strong in the learners mind that they
know it in all environment

Eustress correct answers Good stress. A prime internal state for learning

Distress correct answers Bad stress

Elicited behavior correct answers Involuntary reflex or emotion-uncontrolled

, Emitted correct answers Voluntary choice

Extinction correct answers Decrease the intensity and frequency of a behavior by removing
reinforcement

Extinction burst correct answers Early stage of extinction. Initial surge of extreme behavior.
For example an owner is ignoring her dogs barking and the barking is getting worse.

Spontaneous recovery correct answers Extinct behavior comes back. Back sliding

Premack principle correct answers A more likely behavior can reinforce less likely behavior.

Thorndike's Law of Effect correct answers Behaviors are more likely to be repeated if they
lead to satisfying consequences and less likely to be repeated if they lead to unsatisfying
consequences

Classical conditioning correct answers Dog ascribes meaning to a neutral thing according to
how it made the learner feel.

Operant learning correct answers Learning that occurs as the learner operates within their
environment and they respond to their consequences

If a client complains that her dog barks at people passing by the front window, the first thing
you should recommend is correct answers Cover the windows with curtains, blinds or privacy
film

A dog pulling against a halter moves back toward the owner to remove pressure on the nose.
The handler then gives the dog a treat. This is correct answers Negative reinforcement
followed by positive reinforcement

A reflex is an unlearned, involuntary behavior. In classical conditioning it is called a correct
answers Unconditioned response

Variable reinforcement correct answers Reinforcement after some number of correct
responses

In classical counter-conditioning, the correct order of presentation is correct answers
Conditioned stimulus followed by the unconditioned stimulus

Which of the following best describes food, water, and sex correct answers Primary
reinforcers

True or False
Classical learning can change visceral responses including cellular responses correct answers
True

Though used as a secondary reinforcer in operant learning, the clicker is initially classically
conditioned. Before being paired with food, the clicker is a correct answers Neutral stimulus

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