Motivators Flashcards
What are the four big FAP categories
1) Fight
2) Flight
3) Feeding
4) Courtship and reproduction
Which of the 4 FAP categories does Tug and Fetch under?
Food Acquisition
When would you choose Food?
Stationary work/precision
When would you choose toys?
Action work/explosiveness
When can motivators work against us?
Misbehaviour of organisms - anticipation of of R+
What’s the maxum for choosing a motivator?
Food for precision Toys for speed
Which motivator? - Recall
Speed and Enthusiasm - Toys
Which motivator? - Jumping, charging, athletic tricks
Toys
Which motivator? Sustained eye contact (watch/heel)
Toys
Which motivator? Proofing stay, wait, premack recall
Toys
Which motivator? - Stay, wait/leave it installation
Food
Which motivator? - Position changes
Food
Which motivator? - small movements
Food
What is macro targetting?
Moving more than a body length
Which motivator? - Macro targetting
Toys
What is micro targetting
< 1 body length scale
Which motivator? - micro targetting
Food
Which motivator? most shaping applications
Food
Why do we use food for shaping?
Faster recycling
When wouldn’t we want to use toys for stay, wait, premack recall?
Installation phrase. Use for proofing only
Why would we use toys for proofing impulse control?
Can you X despite…..
If we want to get in lots of trails per unit time what motivator would we choose?
Food!
What could we use to proof recall?
Call off food/dead toys
Whats stage 2 in proofing premack?
Calling off dead novel toy
When proofing recall off a dead toy, what’s the reinforcer?
The toy! – get it!
Whats stage 3 proofing a premack recall?
Rolled toy
Whats stage 4 proofing a premack recall?
Thrown toy
What’s stage 5 proofing a premack recall?
increase dog-handler distance and decrease dog-toy distance