FAPs Flashcards
Do dogs follow human cues better than wolves?
yes
Can we capitalise on the genetically preinstalled gifts of dogs to train them?
No! Time consuming
What Q would JD ask people who think they can train with just the genetic gifts of dogs i.e. with skilful gesturing?
Can you train a dog using gesturing only, without any sort of reinforcement contingency?
Would it be successful teaching dogs to do a behaviour on cue, using gesturing only, with no reinforcement contingency
No!!!!
Why doesn’t skilful gesturing work with dog?
A lot of behaviours we want more or less off, we’d be swimming against the stream/against the genetic grain
Why should we not limit ourselves to gesturing to teach dogs
We need learning. otherwise, dogs would end up being relinquished frequently
In lions, where do males learn fighting which is v expensive behv and can lead to death
They don’t FAP!
Why do male lions fight?
The winner gets to reproduce
If the resident lion losses and the new guy wins what does the new lion do?
He starts killing new cubs when they are born
What does the same lion do when he is resident male?
He doesn’t kill them! even though some of the females are pregnant fm the old male lion
What are the 5 strategies JD discussed in regards to lions
1 Male who do not attempt pride take overs after dispersal
2 males who experiment and learn over time which strategy will leave the most offspring
3 males who do take-overs but never kill any cubs
4 Males who do take overs, kill existing cubs but not later cubs
5 Males who do take overs kill existing cubs and later cubs
Which strategy is the gold medalist in the reproduction race?
Males who do take-overs, kill existing cubs but not later cubs
Which strategy is the silver medalist in the reproduction race?
Males who do take-overs but never kill any cubs
Why do the other strategies not feature in the medals?
no lioness no cubs!!
Why does the experimenting Lion not feature in the medals?
How does he learn - he’d have to connect today’s behv wt cubs that come months later
What behaviours are there little wiggle room on?
- no luxury of playing around
4 answers
Getting enough to eat
avoid being eaten
reproduction
avoid injury/disease
What happens if you play around wt learning in male lions?
You lose to the double & single bad ass!
Why is the lion who slaughters existing cubs more successful than the one that doesn’t
Invest time/resources into someone else’s offspring is catastrophic in an evolutionary standpoint
Females will come into eustress sooner if not wt cub
double payoff :-)
What does Konrad Lorenz say about behv?
Animals have built-in programs that run in response to certain stimuli
What does skinner say?
Animals learn to do stuff depending on the C to that individual
Which is it? Lorenz or Skinner?
Both!! They are not mutually exclusive they are intertwined
Can FAPs be refined with learning?
Yes!
What is an example of learning on an FAP?
Kill bite in polecats.
The program they do this but the technique is refined wt play and experience.
It is triggered by the movement of prey in adults - they learn moving prey is preceded by running prey after enough CC reps –> still = moving they go for still prey
What does fixed means in FAP
Everybody does them, the same way, it pops out at a certain age and requires no learning
What does fixed not mean?
It can’t be refined or changed
What is a modifiable FAP in dogs?
RG
Does a FAP need an extrinsic rewarding C to be maintained
No the ability to complete a FAP is its own reward. Intrinsically rewarding over generations rather than over an individual’s lifetime.
Is the ability to learn in real-time by oc/cc hereditary
Yes!
