Service Dogs
This type of service dog assists people with physical disabilities by performing mobility-related tasks.
Mobility assistance dog
Who is the scientist credited with discovering classical conditioning?
Ivan Pavlov
What are the four stages of learning?
Acquisition, fluency, generalization, and maintenance
In operant conditioning, the C in ABD stands for what?
Consequence
using food to guide a dog into position is an example of what technique
luring
This type of dog can detect oncoming seizures.
What is a Seizure Alert Dog?
Reinforcement always decreases behavior
true or false
false
Motivation is essential for learning.
True or False
True
adding something to increase behavior is called what?
Positive Reinforcement
Waiting for a dog to naturally offer a behavior and then rewarding it is what?
capturing
Dogs trained to retrieve medications, alert to changes in vitals, or provide safety during episodes are what type of service dogs?
Medical Response Dogs
Which training method is best for teaching complex service tasks like opening doors?
Shaping or chaining
in classical conditioning, a bell paired with food become what type of stimulus?
conditioned stimulus
what type of punishment occurs when playtime stops after a dog jumps
negative punishment
Teaching a dog to ring a bell by rewarding gradual steps is what?
shaping
What type of service dog helps individuals with autism by providing grounding, reducing anxiety, or interrupting repetitive behaviors?
Autism Service Dog
Name two example of primary reinforcers
food, water, touch, reproduction
Clicker training is an example of using what kind of signal
conditioned stimulus/marker
what two quadrants are emphasized in LIMA training
positive reinforcement and negative punishment
What’s the difference between forward chaining and backward chaining?
forward chaining teaches the first step first; backward chaining teaches the last step first
Name three types of psychiatric service dogs and their tasks.
PTSD dogs (interruption/grounding), Anxiety service dogs (deep pressure therapy), Depression service dogs (reminders/motivation).
A service dog that assists someone with hearing loss by alerting them to important sounds is called what?
Hearing Alert Dog
An unconditioned stimulus naturally produces a response (food>salivation)
while a conditioned stimulus is learned through association (bell>salivation)
what is the premack priniciple
using a high-probability behavior to reinforce a low-probability one
Why is it important to fade lures and prompts quickly?
To prevent dogs from becoming dependent on them instead of responding to cues