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The dog sits and a treat is given. The dog learns to sit. ✔✔Positive Reinforcement
While walking on leash the dog lunges forward and feels pain associated with the tightening of a prong collar. The dog learns not to lunge against the collar. ✔✔Positive Punishment
The dog barks at the owner for attention and the owner leaves the room. The dog learns not to bark at the owner. ✔✔Negative Punishment
The puppy jumps against the owners legs and no attention is given to the puppy. The puppy learns not to jump against the owners legs. ✔✔Extinction
The owner feeds the dog whenever he lies down in the kitchen. The dog learns to lie down when in the kitchen. ✔✔Positive Reinforcement
The dog causes the leg bands on a no pull harness to loosen by walking closer to the owner. The dog learns to walk closer to the owner. ✔✔Negative Reinforcement
The owner hits the dog with a rolled up paper whenever the dog makes eye contact with the children. The dog learns never to look at children. ✔✔Positive Punishment
The dog barks in his crate for 20 to 30 minutes after the owner leaves. Nothing happens as a result of the barking. The dog learns not to bark when the owner leaves. ✔✔Extinction
The dog looks away from the handler during the heel free exercise and the handler abandons the dog in the training room. The dog learns to keep his eyes glued on the handler. ✔✔Negative Punishment
A puppy is tethered to a training wall. The handler walks away from the puppy whenever he is jumping. The do learns to keep four feet on the floor when standing by the handler. ✔✔Negative Punishment
Treats are dropped on the floor in the kitchen whenever the dog stares at the cook. The dog learns to stare at anyone who is cooking. ✔✔Positive Reinforcement
On the agility course the dog running begins to bark. The handler removes the dog from the course and puts him in his crate. The dog learns to run quietly. ✔✔Negative Punishment
A service dog is given a treat when he applies forward pressure on his harness. The dog learns to lead his partner. ✔✔Positive Reinforcement
A veterinary technician feeds the dog a treat when he is being examined by the vet. The dog learns to enjoy visiting the vet. ✔✔Positive Reinforcement
When training a dog to go over the A frame in agility, the trainer offers a treat to the dog when he has his back feet on the contact zone and his front feet on the ground. The dog learns to go all the way to the ground and touch the contact zone along the way. ✔✔Positive Reinforcement
In practice sessions, the handler uses a prong collar and a tight leash to keep the dog at her side. The dog learns to heel close to the handler to release the presser on the prong collar. ✔✔Negative Reinforcement
In the protection phase of Schutzhund training a puppy is allowed to take the sleeve off the arm of the agitator. The puppy learns to bite when being formally agitated. ✔✔Positive Reinforcement
At the groomer's , the dog barks while in the drying crate. The groomer uses a squirt bottle to spray water in his face to "correct" the barking. The dog learns to avoid going into any crate. ✔✔Positive Punishment
Every morning you take your puppy to the dog play park. You approach from the south end of the park and meet your other dog walking friends. One morning you are in a rush and need to drive to the dog park in order to get your walk done. You park at the North end of the park and your puppy runs straight to the South end of the park to meet his playmates. What type of learning is happening?
A. Applied Learning
B. Latent Learning
C. Motivated Learning
D. Cognitive Learning
E. All of the above ✔✔B. Latent Learning
What are the four stages of learning?
A. Acquisition, fluency, generalization, maintenance
B. Bonding, trusting, loving, working
C. Knowing, understanding, learning, playing
D. Watching, mimicking, experimenting, using
E. Attention, application, usefulness, working ✔✔A. Acquisition, fluency, generalization, maintenance
Behavior that is not learned is called:
A. Interesting
B. Incredible
C. Innate
D. Internal
E. Impossible ✔✔C. Innate
C. Lloyd Morgan wrote:
"In no case is an animal activity to be interpreted in terms of higher psychological processes, if it can be fairly interpreted in terms of processes which stand lower in the scale of psychological evolution and development."
This statement, which could be restated as "unless there is evidence to the contrary, you must account for a phenomenon with the simplest explanation available", is referred to as:
A. The principle of simplicity
B. The Principle of obvious answers
C. The principle of Anecdotal evidence
D. The principle of Parsimony
E. The principle of Patriotism ✔✔D. The principle of Parsimony
Every trainer has a story of the unusual feats of intellect that their dog has achieved. Often these feats of behavior cannot be matched nor trained. Although interesting and evidence of the bond between dogs and people behaviorists do not accept these stories as evidence because:
A. these stories are not quantified
B. These stories are not true
Learning ✔✔Condition
Any action performed that can be observed and measured ✔✔Behavior/Response
The statement of a dependent relationship between events ✔✔Contingency
An explanation of how things work ✔✔Theory/principles
The level of behavior that has occurred ✔✔Performance
Anything that the animal desires greatly ✔✔Appetitive/Positive
Anything that the animal considers a bad thing ✔✔Aversive/Negative
A stimulus that occurs after a behavior has occurred ✔✔Consequence
Shaping is a method used in training where:
A. The animal's body is manipulated by the trainer into the desired position.
B. The animal is prevented from doing anything other than the desired behavior.
C. The piece of food is used to show the animal which way to move his body in order to perform the behavior.
D. The animal is given feedback about when he is doing the wrong behavior.
E. The animal is reinforced for closer and closer approximations of a behavior. ✔✔E. The animal is reinforced for closer and closer approximations of a behavior
Which of the following is a principle not a method:
A. Click and treat
B. Reinforce the behavior you wish to keep
C. Jerk and praise
D. Luring
E. Mimicry ✔✔Reinforce the behavior you wish to keep
Anything that will increase the likelihood of the behavior being repeated. ✔✔Reinforcer
Dog is asked to sit. Upon sitting, dog is told to stay and handler leaves. Dog stands up, and handler returns and physically repositions dog into a sit. Dog learns not to move when left in the sit. ✔✔Positive Punishment
Dog is presented with a pile of wooden articles. One article is smeared with peanut butter. Dog learns to choose articles that smell like peanut butter. ✔✔Positive Reinforcement
Dog is fitted with a no jump harness. When jumping, pressure is applied against the back of the dog's hind legs. This pressure is alleviated when the dog drops down to having all four feet on the floor. Dog learns to keep four feet on the floor. What happens when the dog jumps? ✔✔Positive Punishment
Dog is fitted with a no jump harness. When jumping, pressure is applied against the back of the dog's hind legs. This pressure is alleviated when the dog drops down to having all four feet on the floor. Dog learns to keep four feet on the floor. What happens when the dog chooses to land? ✔✔Negative Reinforcement
Dog scratches against the refrigerator door. Nothing happens following the dog's door scratching. Dog learns not to scratch the refrigerator door. ✔✔Extinction
Dog pulls ahead of handler and handler applies three prong corrections. Dog learns not to forge when heeling. ✔✔Positive Punishment
While tracking, the dog lifts his head to air scent. Handler throws car keys at dog, and directs him back to ground scenting. Dog learns not to lift head off track. ✔✔Positive Punishment
Dog barks in yard during turn out. Handler brings dog in and puts him in crate. Dog learns not to bark in the yard. ✔✔Negative Punishment
Dog jumps on counter and grabs Sunday dinner while you are out of the kitchen. Dog learns to jump on counters when you are out of the room. ✔✔Positive Reinforcement
Dog touches hot wood stove and burns nose. Dog learns never to touch wood stove. ✔✔Positive Punishment
Puppy pulls ahead of handler while walking on leash. Handler stops moving forward. Puppy learns to walk beside owner to keep walk going. ✔✔Negative Reinforcement
C. We approach training in an upbeat manner.
D. We subscribe to a philosophy of acting in the best interest of the dog at all times.
E. We are increasing the likelihood of the behavior being repeated. ✔✔B. We are adding something to the interaction
Choose the statement that is true.
A. A positive reinforcer is always controlled by the handler.
B. A positive reinforcer is always something the dog can consume.
C. A positive reinforcer will result in a better relationship with your dog.
D. A positive reinforcer will increase the likelihood of a behaviour being repeated.
E. A positive reinforcer is better than a positive punisher. ✔✔D. A positive reinforcer will increase the likelihood of a behavior being repeated.
Choose the statement that is false.
A. When a subject is exposed to a stimulus and the reaction to that stimulus becomes stronger over time, sensitization has occurred.
B. When a subject is exposed to a stimulus and the reaction to that stimulus becomes weaker over time, habituation has occurred.
C. When a subject is exposed to a stimulus repeatedly, and the body physically tires and thus the response increases, adaptation has occurred.
D. When a subject is exposed to a stimulus and a primary reinforcer is presented, classical conditioning occurs.
E. When a subject exhibits a behavior and is rewarded the behavior will likely be repeated. ✔✔C. When a subject is exposed to a stimulus repeatedly, and the body physically tires and thus the response increases, adaptation has occurred.
Spontaneous recovery occurs when:
A. A stimulus to which the subject has been habituated to is removed.
B. A stimulus to which the subject has been sensitized to is removed.
C. A stimulus to which the subject has adapted to is removed.
D. A stimulus to which the subject has been habituated is removed and then returned later.
E. A stimulus to which the subject has been sensitized to is removed and then returned later. ✔✔D. A stimulus to which the subject has been habituated is removed and then returned later.
A. Has no input into the sequence of events during training
B. Has an effect on what happens next in the sequence of events during training
C. Is set up to succeed
D. Is rewarded on a continuous schedule of reinforcement
E. Is never punished ✔✔B. Has an effect on what happens next in the sequence of events during training
A discriminative stimulus will:
A. Elicit play
B. Elicit self care behavior
C. Elicit a trained response
D. Elicit a specific response
E. Elicit sleep ✔✔C. Elicit a trained response
An unconditioned stimulus is:
A. Something the dog learns to like
B. Something the dog does reliablly in response to a conditioned stimulus
C. Something the dog does not have
D. Something that will always elicit an unconditioned response
E. Something that will always elicit a conditioned response ✔✔D. Something that will always elicit an unconditioned response
A conditioned stimulus:
A. Will elicit the same response as an unconditioned stimulus after training.
B. Will elicit the same response as an unconditioned stimulus before training
C. Will elicit salivation
D. Will elicit excitory behavior
E. Will elicit a different response from an unconditioned stimulus after training. ✔✔A. Will elicit the same response as an unconditioned stimulus after training.
Salivation when entering a kitchen where you can smell food being cooked is an example of:
A. A conditioned response
