Operant Conditioning Terms (Quiz 9)

Adding something.

Positive

To learn

Condition

To perform a behaviour

Emit 

Increase a behaviour

Reinforcement 

A behaviour that is not reinforced so it disappears

Extinction

Information on how to behave in a certain specific situation

Discriminatory Stimulus

Any unpleasant stimulus

Aversive 

Can be perceived and responded to

Stimulus

Used to ask for a behaviour 

Cue

Using something desirable to guide the animal into position

Luring

The components of an environment

Context

Occurs after any behaviour

Consequence

Using body or object to direct a behaviour

?

A learned behaviour in one context occurs in another 

Generalization 

Reduces a behaviour

Punishment 

A behaviour put on cue and using a lure less

Fading

Rewarding any attempt in the right direction

Shaping

A temporary increase before it goes extinct

Extinction Burst

Removing Something

Negative

ABCs of operant conditioning- A stands for

Antecendent  “A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another”.

ABCs of operant conditioning, the B stands for:

Behaviour

ABCs of operant conditioning, the C stands for:

Consequence

Animals perform behaviours because they love and respect us an want to please us

False

In operant conditioning the operant behaviour is optional

True

A pleasant consequence causes a behaviour to ? and an unpleasant behaviour causes the behaviour to ?

increase; decrease

Translate the following:  R+

Adding something to increase a behaviour

Translate the following P+

Adding something to decrease a behaviour.

Translate the following: P-

Removing something to decrease a behaviour

Translate the following: R-

Removing something to increase a behaviour.

Why do we encourage R +

• Animals will voluntarily produce behaviours and you can reinforce them

• Increases quality of life

• Improves the human-animal bond

• You create a friend that WANTS to interact opposed to an animal that is AFRAID! • More humane • Greater overall success

WE AVOID POSITIVE PUNISHMENT (P+). WHY

It can make the learner anxious and unhappy

The learner may quit trying in order to avoid being punished

When used poorly doesnt work, just causes harm

Punishment can be abusive

Learning must make a mistake in order to learn, if complex, learner is punished repeatedly

Can be very confusing and scary for the learner

Animals can become habituated and even see punishment as R+

Can hide/suppress warning signs and just bite instead

What type of training is a body block?

Negative punishment - involves removing access to something desirable to discourage a behavior.

Steps of clicker training(5) unfortunately

1. Charge the clicker

2. Create a focus

3. Lure and shape

4. Add a cue and fade the lure

5. Keep it fun