You Wish to Train Your Dog to Come When You

question 137

Multiple Choice

You wish to train your dog to come when you ring a bell, but you want the dog to quickly learn to stop coming once you run out of treats.What reinforcement schedule would most rapidly reduce the dogs learned behavior once there is no food to reward him?

• A)partial reinforcement
• B)variable ratio
• C)continuous reinforcement
• D)fixed interval

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Definitions:

Membrane Excitability

Membrane excitability refers to the ability of nerve and muscle cells to produce a rapid change in their membrane potential, crucial for the generation and propagation of electrical signals.

Electric Charges

Electric charges are the physical properties of particles that cause them to attract or repel each other, based on the principle that like charges repel and opposite charges attract.

Nerves

Bundles of fibers that transmit electrical impulses between the brain, spinal cord, and other parts of the body, facilitating communication and responses.

Electromyography (EMG)

The insertion of needles into selected skeletal muscles for the purpose of recording nerve conduction time in relation to muscle contraction.