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Classical ConditioningMe=Good
Help our animals overcome their fears
Goal
Learn how to add classical conditioning to your training toolbelt
Topic
s ● What is it● Systematic Desensitization/Counterconditioning● How we can use it
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hat i
s it Cperant lassical
Eileen and Dogs
Two Types of Conditioning/Learning Voluntary Involuntary
Wha
t is i
t
UR
CS
UR
Real LifeBell=Buzzer or MetronomeDog Food=Meat Powder
Wha
t is i
t We pair something neutral with something that already elicits an emotional response until the neutral stimulus has the same response as the known stimulus.
Wha
t is i
t?Changing Emotions
https://www.thestar.com/life/2016/03/18/crates-and-car-rides-dont-have-to-terrify-your-cat.html
Wha
t is i
t?
Wha
t is i
t >Animals learn successively
Lilli Chin
Wha
t is i
t UR
>Don’t let the good thing become a predictor of a bad thing
Wha
t is i
t
to remember that you are a stimulus
DS/C
C
Not Sensitizing (reacting)
Stimulus becomes neutral
Relax!!!
DSystematic Desensitization and Classical Conditioning…
What is it?
Opposite Learning
Stimulus becomes good (ideally)
Cesensitizationounter onditioning
DS/C
C
Changing the emotional state
& then
Westlund, 2015
DS
Desensitization
Changing a stimulus to neutral
Staying under threshold= not threatening
It goes away
NOT HANGING OUT IN THE ENCLOSURE
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Beware of Sensitizing!DS
/CC
Do not pass the threshold
CC
https://youtu.be/sI13v9JgJu0
UNDER THRESHOLD
JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES OF TRAINING
New Potentially Scary ThingsIntroducing
new handlers
Trust bank account
How
can
we u
se it
Palpation
In R
eview
● Changes the Emotional State● Not Asking the Animal to do Anything
● Working Below Threshold● Animals Learn Successively
-Bob BaileyPavlov is always on your shoulder
Thank you!!Debbie Sykes
Nashville Wildlife [email protected]