Module 7, 8 and 9

Question 1

operant vs classical conditioning

Answer 1

operant- learning to do by doing or feedback from environment

BF Skinner

Question 2

use of conditioned reinforcer

Answer 2

added before or after behaviour that either increases or decreases chances of behaviour occurring again

Question 3

antecedent

Answer 3

before behaviour

Question 4

stimulus

Answer 4

sound, smell, sight and touch

Question 5

extintion

Answer 5

behaviour not reinforced will disapear

Question 6

aversive

Answer 6

unpleasant stimulus animal will try and avoid

Question 7

generalization

Answer 7

dogs and cats arent good at this you must teach a trick or command in multiple locations

Question 8

exinction burst

Answer 8

giving treats at table begging mooching raises before it diasapears, sudden increase in behaviour before it fades

Question 9

luring and fading

Answer 9

refers to using something the animal wants like food or a toy and moving it in such a way as to guide the animal’s head and body into a desired position. Once the behaviour is learned and put “on cue,” the lure is gradually diminished or “faded.”

Question 10

shaping

Answer 10

rewarding any attempt in the right direction

Question 11

prompting

Answer 11

using body or physical objects to direct the animals behaviour towards what u want

Question 12

principle of operant conditioning

Answer 12

A stimulus or an antecedent (A)—something in the environment that the animal can perceive and respond to that influences him to emit a certain behaviour (B) because the consequence (C) is desirable to him.

Question 13

operant behaviour

Answer 13

behaviour that is desirble option as it has worked in past, operant

Question 14

consequences can be negative and positive

Answer 14

true

Question 15

describe discriminate and generalization

Answer 15

Once your dog will “sit” in any situation, he has learned to discriminate the verbal cue “sit” from all of the other surrounding stimuli. When your teaching has reached the point where the dog has narrowed his cues down to that single, consistent “discriminatory” cue, that response has now become generalized.

Question 16

classical conditioning

Answer 16

• like operant conditioning, also changes behaviour and involves learning.
• They learn to identify stimuli that predict something important (to them) is going to happen, and to generally respond to their environment in a way that meets their needs.
• Learning by classical conditioning will help the animal feel more in control of their environment because it will enable the animal to find ways to predict what is going to happen next.

Question 17

classical vs opereant

Answer 17

• Classical conditioning is learning that occurs as a result of the pairing of two things (stimuli) in the animal’s brain. (OC is learning that occurs when the animal interacts with its environment to obtain goodies and avoid baddies.)
• Classical conditioning causes responses in the animal which are physiological or reflexive and involuntary. The responses occur in glands and smooth muscles. (OC involves voluntary responses of striated muscles—the animal chooses to do something.) The animal cannot choose whether or not to have a classically conditioned response—it happens to him.

Question 18

habituation is the process by which an animal learns to not respond to a novel stimulus when it is continuously exposed to that stimulus and nothing pleasant or unpleasant occurs after the stimulus.

Answer 18

true

Question 19

sensitization

Answer 19

creating and strengthening a response to stimulus

Question 20

desensitization

Answer 20

unlearn responses also known as counter conditioning``

Question 21

three approaches to behaviour problems

Answer 21

1. behaviouristic approach - treats symptom, addresses immediate. behaviour and is bandaid
2. assuming anxiety is route -treating with meds or food, failing to address the cause
3. causative approach - determine source of behaviour

Question 22

4 methods for managing behaviour challenges:

Answer 22

• root cause of behaviour
• relationship between event and approaches
• find similarities between similar root causes