Topic 3 -Behaviour & Management Flashcards
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
