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Comparative animal training eliminates what?
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Eliminates the need for stressful handling when animals can voluntarily participate in their medical management
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What are the 6 ways of medical management?
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- Crate Training
- Blood Draws
- Hand Injections
- Target training
- Ultrasounds
- Hoof trimming
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What species is more skillful than apes?
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dogs
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What aspect of dog behavior has devastating effects?
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Social deprivation
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A dogs’ brain responds to a human’s _____.
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voice
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Classical conditioning was found by who?
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Ivan Pavlov
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Classical conditioning is also called what?
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Respondent Conditioning
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Classical conditioning creates an association between what 2 things?
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- natural response or reflex
- neutral stimulus
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What was the first dog to be registered to the AKC?
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English Setter
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What are 3 ways classical conditioning can negatively affect the dog?
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- Storm phobias
- Separation anxiety
- Most reactivity/aggression issues
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In what year allowed the registration of mixed breeds to compete in AKC
events such as Rally, Tricks, Nose work and agility?
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2009
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What is the law of effect?
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responses that produce rewards tend to increase in frequency
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Who created the law of effect?
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Edward Lee Thorndike
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What are the 3 laws to learning?
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- law of effect
- law of readiness
- law of exercise
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What is the law of effect?
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Responses that produce a reward will
increase
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What is the law of readiness?
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Animal must be ready/willing to learn
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What is the law of exercise?
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Practice new behaviors to increase
learning
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Who started the discipline of “Behaviorism”?
JB Watson
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Who created operant conditioning?
BF Skinner
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What is operant conditioning?
Uses a series of reinforcement and punishment as consequences for behaviors
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What is an example of operant conditioning?
Dog gets a treat for sitting
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Actions resulting in ________ consequences will typically occur more frequently.
desirable
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Actions resulting in __________ consequences will typically occur less frequently (or not at all)
undesirable
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In its simplest form, the majority of natural learning occurs through a combination of what?
classical and operant conditioning
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Which type of reinforcement increases behavior?
Positive
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Which type of reinforcement decreases behavior?
Negative
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Which type of punishment increases behavior?
Positive
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Which type of punishment decreases behavior?
Negative
36
Balanced Dog Trainers use all ________
conditioning consequences.
operant
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Purely Positive Dog Trainers only use ________ reinforcement
positive
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Dominance/Pack Leader Trainers primarily use _________ and ________.
aversive/control and punishment
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Operant Conditioning is a type of learning in which an individual’s behavior is?
modified by the behavior’s consequences
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Operant conditioning is also a modification of _______ behavior.
voluntary
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What is an Operant Animal?
“researchers” – experiment with their
behavior to get a reward
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Positive is something that is what?
given or applied to the animal
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Negative is something that is what?
taken away from the animal
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Positive reinforcement is what?
something the subject wants
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Negative reinforcement is what?
Stimulus the subject does NOT want – they want it to go away
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What are some examples of positive reinforcement?
1. Praise
2. Good grades
3. Food
4. Toys
5. Petting
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A/an _________ in behavior makes the stimulus go away in negative reinforcement.
Increase
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Reinforcement is an event that has what 2 things?
– Occurs during or upon completion of a behavior
– Increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring again
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What is the key element in reinforcement training?
The 2 events (behavior and reinforcement) are connected in real
time.
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Animals (do or do not) hold thoughts longer than a couple seconds
do not
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What happens if the behavior does not increase?
Then you did it wrong
- Most likely you didn’t connect the events
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What are 4 reasons why the behavior did not increase?
1. Reinforcer came too early
2. Reinforcer came too late
3. Reinforcer wasn’t really reinforcing (not enough value or pay-off)
4. Reinforcement not frequent enough
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What is positive punishment?
Reduces a behavior by applying something aversive to the subject
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What is something that can be used for positive punishment and negative reinforcement?
shock collar
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What is negative punishment?
Taking away something the subject wants in order to reduce a behavior
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What is the least effective of the 4 consequences?
negative punishment
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What is extinction?
ignore it and it goes away
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What is an extinction burst?
When a previously conditioned behavior is no longer reinforced, it will fall continuously until it reaches nearly zero
Often initially will increase in frequency
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What is a primary reinforcer? What 4 things?
Inherently reinforcing:
- food, water, sex, herding
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What is the most frequent primary reinforcer?
food/treats
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What is a secondary reinforcer? What 5 things?
Through association or acquired:
- good grades, money, toys, tugging, playing
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What is a fixed ratio?
Reinforcement comes after every ?th response
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What is a variable ratio?
Reinforcement comes after random responses
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What is a fixed interval?
Reinforcement comes after set time period
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What is a variable interval?
Reinforcement comes after random time periods
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Which type is most powerful?
ratios
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A Slot machine is what?
variable ratio
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Getting paid every 2 weeks is what?
fixed interval
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You get a $1000 bonus after selling 10 cars is what
fixed ratio
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A frequent flyer program is what?
fixed ratio
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When a pup gets a cookie after 3 sits it is what?
fixed ratio
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When a pup gets a cookie after 3 seconds it is what?
fixed interval
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If a dog gets a treat during a stay session at random times it is what?
variable interval
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What are the 4 aggression types?
1. Dominant
2. Territorial
3. Fear
4. Prey/frustration/arousa
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Dominant aggression is observed in which age group and seen in which breeds?
puppies
small dog breeds
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What is an example of dominant aggression in puppies?
Puppies will growl/snap at when you reach for a toy
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Territorial aggression is _______.
Learned
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what is an example of territorial aggression
someone comes the dog barks –
mailman goes away
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What is prey aggression?
Stems from not being able to get
what they want – typically high
arousal and frustration
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FEAR AGGRESSION is a product of what 4 things?
1. bad breeding
2. incorrect socialization
3. Lack of confidence
4. Insecurity
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What is the most important thing to teach people?
Learn to ignore a dog in a natural way
Companion
flashcards
Decks in class (17)
# Cards
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Human to Animal Bond10
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Domestication32
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Dog Breeds50
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Cat Breeds26
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Systems Structural Movement-Skeletal31
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Systems Structural Movement- Circulatory50
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Systems Structural Movement- Respiratory14
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Systems Structural Movement- Urogenital25
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Systems Structural Movement- Digestive35
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Systems Structural Movement- Endocrine27
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Preventative Medicine43
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Genetics96
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Nutrition113
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Reproduction47
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Special Senses66
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Behavior and Training81
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Final Exam134
