Topic 3 -Behaviour & Management Flashcards
(12 cards)
Define learning
get knowledge of, or skill in, by study, experience or being taught
What is classical (Pavlovian) conditioning?
Getting an established response to occur in response to a different stimuli.
Forming associations b/w two stimuli
What is operate (Skinnerian) conditioning?
involves forming associations b/w behaviours & resulting events.
Trial & error or accidental learning is this.
Modification of behaviour as a result of its consequences.
Describe the law of effect
a response that is followed by a reward is more likely to recur, where as a response followed by unpleasant experience is less likely to occur again.
What is appative and aversive reinforcement?
appative -increase chance of behaviour occurring
aversive -decrease chance of behaviour occurring
What is positive and negative reinforcement?
Positive -add something
Negative -take something away
What are primary and secondary reinforcers?
primary -food, water, rest, effort, pain.
secondary -horse has learned to value
What are the 4 C’s of effective training?
Control
Communicate (establish a signal)
Coordinate (apply the aids reliably)
Cohere (provide an appropriate reward)
What is successive approximation?
Building behaviours -start small, simple then gradually add difficulty
What is behaviour chaining?
Sequencing behaviours by learning & reinforcing one at a time, then chaining them together
What is contiguity?
time based association b/w two events that occur closely together.
The more closely timed 2 events are, the more likely they are to be associated.
What is overshadowing?
replaces an undesirable behaviour with a desirable one
