Animal+Training+Manual

Today in class you will be creating a manual for how to train a fictitious animal how to complete a task. This assignment is due Friday for 10pts. Please post here in the discussion section, title it your name's animal OC or CC ex "Rachel's squirrel CC."

Your manual will include the relevant following terms related to classical conditioning and/or operant conditioning, you need to pick one OR the other:

classical conditioning (CC) -the learned pairing of an action with a stimulus operant conditioning (OC) -modifying behavior by rewarding or punishing behavior in order to shape a particular outcome. unconditioned response (CC) -an action/behavior that is not yet trained. conditioned response (CC) -an action/behavior that is now owned/displayed/mastered. unconditioned stimulus (CC) -something that will eventually be connected with a reaction/response. conditioned stimulus (CC) -something that is connected to a reaction. Like you know that the bell means to change classes. stimulus generalization (either) - all input (sound, taste, whatever) means the same thing. ex: all bells mean run outside and scream fire higher-order conditioning (either) - doesn't really apply to animals... primary reinforcers (OC) -something you don't have to learn to love or hate. base biological needs. secondary reinforcers (OC) - something that you learned to love or hate negative reinforcement (OC) - positive reinforcement (OC) - negative punishment (OC) - positive punishment (OC) discriminative stimulus (either) - reinforcement schedule (OC) -how often a reinforcement is introduced. extinction (either) -forgetting spontaneous recovery (either) -remembering intermittent reinforcement schedule (OC) -offering positive or negative stimulus occasionally constant reinforcement schedule (OC) -every time the desired action is performed, a positive or negative stimulus is presented.

You may write out your manual in bullet point form, you must however include and underline the relevant vocabulary terms, feel free to use other terms from the text. Please clearly write up all the steps involved.

You received one of the following tasks when you entered the room:

Teaching a giraffe how to pick apples. Teaching a puppy not to pee inside, but rather outside. Teaching a cat to sleep on the floor, not on the couch. Teaching a chimpanzee to open a door with a knob. Teaching a pig to climb stairs. Teaching a rat to push a doorbell. Teaching a hamster to go through the maze. Teaching a dolphin to jump through a hoop. Teaching a sea lion to balance a ball on his nose. Teaching a dog to take off a person’s socks. Teaching a mouse to go down a hole. Teaching a dolphin to nod its head up and down. Teaching a horse to run in a circle without a lead. Teaching a sheep to go through a gate. Teaching a cow to push through a swinging open gate.