Classical+and+Operant+Conditioning

Today in class you will be creating a manual for how to train an animal how to complete a task. This assignment is due the Friday before vacation.

Your manual will include **at least six** of the following terms related to classical conditioning and/or operant conditioning: unconditioned response unconditioned response conditioned stimulus conditioned stimulus stimulus generalization higher-order conditioning primary reinforcers secondary reinforcers negative reinforcement positive reinforcement discriminative stimulus reinforcement schedule

Please create a discussion thread on this page with your task as the title. If your task has already been tackled, create a reply and create a different way to teach the task through the creation your manual. You may do this in bullet point form, you must however include and all caps **at least 6** of the above vocabulary terms.

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.