JD - CH.15 - Promtoing and luring Flashcards
What is the claimed argument to not use luring in dog training?
Lures block true learning/impeed dogs develop greater intelligence/problem solving. Lure-shaping debate for years. No strong research on any side.
What is a lure? Name other words for it.
Event before behavior, non-physical prompt. Prompt, Antecedent stimulus.
What is a lure opposed to?
Opposed to consequence (after behavior) that is likely to elicit without any prior training the desired response. Once desired response, reinforcement.
Give ex of lures.
Move treat in front. Crouch, clap, high pitched sounds, retreat to prompted recalls.
What other methods than lures can we use to get a behvaior?
Physical prompts: Push/pull into behavior. Guide with leash, etc. And modeling = Provide ex for subject to imitate.
What is a cue?
Behavior trained with word attached. Already learned cue (hand signal) can be connected to other cue (verbal).
What is the relationship between a cue and a prompt in learning terms?
Classical conditioning.
Which learning mechanism are involved in training a behavior and attaching cues to it?
Working with operant conditioning, but relationship between cue - prompt = Pavlovian/classical.
Explain the CC in the cue-prompt relationship.
First event = New/unlearned cue is in conditioned stimulus slot.
Second event = Prompt/known cue is in unconditioned stimulus slot.
If first unlearned reliably predicts known cue, CC will occur!!!
What will be the result once the dog has learned a new cue in relation to an already know one?
Will start anticipating second event when hear/see first event and deliver operant behavior before second event.
What is it called when a dog anticipates a cue and offers a behavior before the cue has appeared?
Referred to as jumping the prompt!
What happens if cues and prompts are presented at same time or backwards,
No learning of cue.
Claim: Using prompts blocks or oversahdows learning. What si your response?
It’s wrong timing that blocks! Clicker training would also not work if treat first, then click.
What is fading a prompt?
Fading prompts: Take away clapping + crouching gradually before “Come!”.
Would you reinforce faded prompts? Why?
Yes. If not, get too weakly conditioned behavior.
If prompting technique gives too weakly conditioned behavior, what would you suspect is the problem?
Then prompt is not the problem. Timing or fading of prompts have been done incorrectly.
Doesd dogs become worse problem solvers by training with prompts?
Don’t know. Need more science.
