Animal Learning and Training Module Review

Positive Reinforcement is a form of which training theory?

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

• Sensitisation

• Desensitization

Operant conditioning was first theorised by :

• M Roberts

• I Pavlov

• B F Skinner

• K Lorenze

Positive Reinforcement Training (PRT) involves:

• Adding a positive stimuli to increase/maintain a desired behaviour

• Removing a negative stimuli to maintain a desired behaviour

• Gradual introduction of negative stimuli to decrease undesired behaviour

• Adding a negative stimuli to punish undesired behaviour

What is a "target"

• The time taken between behaviour and reward

• A food reward

• A clicker

• Something the animal is taught to touch with some part of his/her body.

What is a "bridge"?

• An event marker that identifies that training is about to commence

• An event marker that identifies an undesired response to indicate to the animal that they have not conducted the desired behaviour

• An event marker that identifies the desired response and “bridges” the time between the response and the delivery of the primary reinforce (e.g. clicker)

What is an example of a "primary reenforcer"?

• target (ball on a stick)

• target (coloured object specific to the animal)

• clicker

• sudden movement

What is a "cue"?

• A series of behaviors linked together in a continuous sequence

• A stimulus that elicits a behaviour.

• Building new behaviour by selectively reinforcing variations in existing behaviour

• A stimulus that lets the animal know training has ended

Examples of "cues" include:

• clicker

• food reward

• a specific hand gesture or spoken word

What is "latency"?

• The time taken for the animal learn a desired behaviour

• The time between behaviours

• The time between training sessions

• The time between the cue and the response.

Ideally latency should be:

• As long as possible

• As close to zero as possible