Lecture 13 Flashcards
Animal training
What are the ABC’s of Learning?
3pt
- Antecedent
- Behaviour
- Consequence
What does Antecedent mean for learning?
3pt
Environmental cues
* Predict if something is pleasant or threatening
* Predict if a response will be rewarded or punished
What does behaviour mean for learning?
3pt
If the experience is repeated, the animal learns to
* Anticipate
* React sooner
What are the consequences of learning?
1pt
Positive or negative outcomes
What are the 4 quadrants of operant conditioning?
4pt
- Positive reinforcement (behaviour happens more often)
- Negative reinforcement (behaviour happens more often)
- Positive punishment (behaviour happens less often)
- Negative punishment (behaviour happens less often)
Why should you avoid positive punishment?
5pt
Aversive / punishment / balanced / confrontational training:
*Associated with fear, anxiety and stress
*Decreases animal welfare
*Produces defensive / aggressive responses - 46% will retaliate against owners
*Children are mimics
*Produces pessimism
Why should you avoid punishment?
3pt
- Creates conflict between owner and animal
- Does not convey the appropriate behaviour
- Decreases likelihood of warning signs
What is adversive training?
5pt
- Designed to cause pain
- Alters human/animal relationship
- Psychological distress - Can create phobias
- Physiological stress - high cortisol, Increased heart rate
- Positive reinforcement produces better results
Why do injuries occur with prong collars?
1pt
Happens when arousal is off the charts, pain does not matter anymore
Why is punishment ineffective?
3pt
- Inconsistent application
- Always situations where it’s “worth it”
- How does the animal determine the correct behaviour?
What is rewarding bad behaviour doing?
2pt
- Counter conditioning
- They know the trigger and change the emotion
What is cooperative care?
4pt
- Training to tolerate AND be a willing participant Even when the care is aversive
Cooperative care is common in zoos
* Traditionally anesthesia or heavy sedition was required for many procedures
* High risk of injury and death
* Traditional procedures created fear, anxiety and stress, as well as mistrust
what does cooperative care do?
6pt
- Improves animal welfare
- The animal can choose not to participate - Prevents forced participation (flooding), Gives the animal control
- Reduces stress and fear
- Animals can opt for a break
- Increases confidence and tolerance
- Animals will choose more often to participate even when procedure is unpleasant or aversive
what is cooperative care in domestic animals? (Reggie example)
5 pt
- Eye infection (Reggie)
- Ear infections can be very painful especially if chronic
- Administration of medication can be unpleasant
- Owners may force / wrestle to apply treatment
- Reggie started acting aggressively towards owners as they used increasingly forceful methods to administer medications
Reggie learned to stop the owner’s administering eye drops through:
a) Positive reinforcement
b) Negative reinforcement
c) Positive punishment
d) Negative punishment
b) Negative reinforcement
Act aggressive so you dont do anything
