How can we use conditioning to train animals?

Task

                              11 Burnell

Write down and answer the following questions.

*For the websites I have provided, watch the video or read the transcript. Attempt the quizzez*

 

1. Describe the difference between innate behaviour and learned behaviour.

https://study.com/academy/lesson/innate-learned-behavior.html

 

2. What is the difference between primary stimuli and secondary stimuli?

Use the Collins textbook page 46.

 

3. Explain the difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning.

https://study.com/academy/lesson/classical-conditioning-vs-operant-conditioning-differences-and-examples.html#lesson 

 

4. Summarise the stages in Pavlov's experiment.

https://study.com/academy/lesson/ivan-pavlov-and-classical-conditioning-theory-experiments-contributions-to-psychology.html

 

5. Describe how operant conditioning can be used to train:

a) Police horses

b) Sniffer dogs

c) Dolphins

Use the Collins textbook page 47

 

Stretch*
6. Studies have shown that dolphins have distinct personalities, a sense of self and can think about the future. Comment on the ethical issues around using dolphins to research operant conditioning. Use a table to come up with at least 2 arguments.

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