Training Definitions

Question 1

Abolishing operation (AO)

Answer 1

A motivating operation that decreases the reinforcing effectiveness of a stimulus, object of event.

Question 2

Classical conditioning

Answer 2

With dolphins the whistle is paired with food. It predicts the presence of food.

Question 3

Desensitization

Answer 3

Reducing the effects of an event through repeated exposure.

Question 4

Habituation

Answer 4

Getting an animal use to a situation that it normally reacts to such as avoiding. Maya avoids swimming fast n DARNELL did a mock with me and Trevor to get her used to it.

Question 5

Operant conditioning

Answer 5

Consequences result in an increased reinforcement or decreased punishment

Question 6

Superstitious behavior

Answer 6

The modification or maintenance of behavior by accidental relations between responses and reinforcers

Question 7

How often do dolphins shed their skin?

Answer 7

Shed a layer of skin every 2 hours

Question 8

What’s the smallest and largest dolphin?

Answer 8

Largest- Orca
Smallest- hectors dolphin

Question 9

How many species of dolphins are there?

Answer 9

37

Question 10

What’s the teeth range for dolphins

Answer 10

72-108

Question 11

What is the life span of dolphins?

Answer 11

Males- 17 to 24 years old
Females- 20 to 30 years

Question 12

What is counter shading?

Answer 12

Camouflage darker on top tans lighter on the bottom to blend in with the ocean and sunlight and protect them from predators and prey.

Question 13

What characteristics makes a dolphin a mammal?

Answer 13

Warm blooded
Live birth
Lactate- nurse and produce milk
Hair/fur- born with small mustache on the snout that drops off cause they don’t need it.
Breathes oxygen

Question 14

What is a stimulus?

Answer 14

Any condition in which an animal understand as positive or negative

Question 15

What is latency?

Answer 15

A time delay between the SD and the animals response to it

Question 16

What is approximation?

Answer 16

One small step in a series of progressive steps that leads to the behavioral goal

Question 17

What is baiting/luring?

Answer 17

The process of placing a reinforcers in a particular location Ms then reinforcing an animals movement to that location.

Question 18

What is bridging stimulus

Answer 18

An informative stimulus sometimes called a marker signal that pinpoints the exact moment that the behavioral criterion is met

Question 19

What is conditioned stimulus?

Answer 19

A formerly neutral stimulus that elicits or draw out a respondent behavior only after it has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus (US) or another conditioned stimulus (CS)

Question 20

What is unconditioned stimulus

Answer 20

A stimulus that elicits an unconditioned response

Question 21

What is the scientific name for bottle nose dolphins?

Answer 21

Tursiops truncatas

Question 22

What are 5 characteristic that make a dolphin a a mammal?

Answer 22

They nurse they young
Give live Burth
Breathe air
Has fur
Warm blooded

Question 23

How fast can a dolphin swim?

Answer 23

18-25 miles per hours top speed
Usually swim around 7-8 miles cruising

Question 24

How much times do dolphins breathe?

Answer 24

2-3 times per minute

Question 25

How do dolphins sleep?

Answer 25

They shut down one side of their hemisphere and rest while swimming. They are involuntary breathers and have to think about every breath and also need to be aware of predators

Question 26

How long are dolphins pregnant for?

Answer 26

12 months

Question 27

How big are dolphins when they are first born?

Answer 27

2-3 feet

Question 28

What is approximation

Answer 28

One small step in a series of progressive steps that leads to a behavioral goal

Question 30

What is desensitization

Answer 30

The process of reducing the effects of an aversive event through repeated exposure or habituation