CPDT Study Questions. Terry Ryan, Sophia Yin, Pryor, Reid

Variable Schedule of Reinforcement
(Ans- "Simply means that sometimes you reinforce a behavior, sometimes you don't." - Karen Pryor

Relationship between shaping, extinction bursts and reinforcement schedules
(Ans- Dog hits a plateau while shaping. I'm reinforcing less. Dog experiments. Frustrations leads to faster and more vigorous responses (mini-extinction burst). Now trainer has something to choose from!

What are "High Drive Dogs"?
(Ans- Dogs that are "hot" for moving object reinforcers.

What is D.T.P. and what is it's limit as a motivator?
(Ans- Desire to Please. It can't be an exclusive motivator.

What is, "Establishing operation"?
(Ans- Trainers deliberately using deprivation to increase motivation. (Like not feeding until training session or keeping dog isolated).

Bad thing ends
(Ans- Negative reinforcer

Good thing starts
(Ans- Positive reinforcement

Good thing ends
(Ans- Negative punishment


Bad thing starts
(Ans- Positive punishment

Operant conditioning is deliberately manipulating the [A] to control the dog's [B].
(Ans- A. Consequences B. Behavior

In operant conditioning, animals can change what happens by __________.
(Ans- Responding in a certain way

Behavior is always under the control of its....
(Ans- Consequences.

Classical Conditioning is the tip off to [A], both [B], allow animals to [C] for the [D].
(Ans-
A. Important events
B. Good and nasty
C. Prepare themselves
D. Inevitable

Classical conditioning is the strengthening of the [A] power of something that has previously had none, by consistently putting it [B], usually, [C]. (Ans-
A. Predictive Power
B. Ahead of something else
C. Something important

What does "conditioning" mean?
(Ans- Strengthening



When a dog sits it is called a [A]. An individual [A] is called a [B]. One instance of an [A] plus reinforcer is called a [C] A series of 5 to 10 [C's] is called a [D]. A series of [D's] is called a [E].
(Ans- A. Response. B. Rep. C. Trial. D. Set. E. Session.

What is a bite/fear threshold?
(Ans- Multiple stimuli combined to elicit a bite or reaction. (Strange men/night-time/food bowl).

What are the four F's for which play and rough housing are a rehearsal? (Ans- Fighting, fleeing, feeding, f#&king.

Agonistic behavior
(Ans- Ritual conflict/resolution encounters between dogs -as a substitute for flat-out attacking. (Stares, growls, snarls, snaps, reduced-force biting).

What is the best way for a puppy/dog to obtain a cushion of habituation to any category of people?
(Ans- While it is a puppy, hand feet it!

What is "bounce back"?
(Ans- Resilience in character. The more puppies encounter novel situations, and it initially is spooked, the more it gets over it. It habituates.

According to "Culture Clash", what is the best time period for socialization? (Ans- 3 to 5 months. But lots of dog people say it is 7 to 11 weeks. Sophia Yin says something different.