Dog Trainer Test 6

Question 1

What sorts of behaviors are teachable using a clicker?

Accepted Answer

Anything you can't explain to the dog verbally

Answer

Tricks

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The dog can perform every action that is physically possible.

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Obedient actions

Question 2

What is "free shaping" when training a behavior using a clicker?

Accepted Answer

Without in any way tempting the dog, click for ever-closer simulations of the desired behavior.

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Rewarding the desired behavior with more "free" rewards when it is repeated

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Shaping' the dog with your hands and clicking

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Clicker training does not involve free shaping.

Question 3

Dogs trained with a clicker are not punished.

Accepted Answer

False

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True

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Sometimes

Question 4

Why is clicking preferable than uttering a word like "good!"

Accepted Answer

All of these

Answer

To the dog, the clicker means nothing else.

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The clicker has more accuracy.

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The clicker's sound is distinctive from anything else around it.

Question 5

Because dogs get confused about who is clicking, clicker training doesn't function well in group settings even if it's fantastic for one-on-one instruction.

Accepted Answer

False

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True

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Sometimes

Question 6

A negative stimulus is used in negative punishment.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Answer

Sometimes

Question 7

Which of the following would not be considered an operational technique?

Accepted Answer

Luring the dog to lie by gradually moving its front legs forward while it is seated

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When the owner entirely ignores the dog after it jumps at them, the dog stops.

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When the dog sits on cue from the trainer, it is rewarded with a treat.

Answer

These are all

Question 8

When a method is used to stop a behavior, it is referred to as .

Accepted Answer

Extinction

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Relinquish

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Reinforcement

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Luring

Question 9

What do you do when you "charge the clicker"?

Accepted Answer

Letting the dog learn that a clicker is associated with food

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The act of using the clicker to produce sound

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Indicates that the clicker is being used excessively and is becoming less effective.

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Simply refers to charging the clicker with electricity.

Question 10

Which of the following is treated by flooding?

Accepted Answer

Fear

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Separation phobia

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Lacking enthusiasm

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Possessiveness and aggression