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- Skluzavka: 1
- Classical conditioning through positive reinforcement(whistle also known as the secondary reinforcement) and rewards (chopped bananas)
- Sample size- 5 elephantsAge-5-7 years old(4 elephants) Adult in her 50's(1 elephant)All femaleSampling technique-All docile and not pregnant
- Skluzavka: 2
- To lower its trunk into bucket for the saline solution to come out.
- Trunk is to be put in the trainers hand for insertion of saline through syringe(Slowly brought by trainers also known as desensitization).
- The elephant has to keep its trunk up to let the saline solution run to the base of its trunk and to hold it there.
- Trunk down
- Trunk up
- Trunk here
- To keep their trunk still
- Shaping of the elephants through step by step trainingCommands like trunk here, trunk up trunk down, blow into the bucket and hold steady were used
- To collect fluid by blowing into the bucket
- Blow into bucket
- Hold steady
- Skluzavka: 3
- Fagen et al. Training Method Using Secondary Reinforcement.
- Unconditioned stimulus(Chopped bananas) = Unconditioned response(happy elephant)
- Whistle=no response
- chopped bananas mixed with whistle=happy elephant(unconditioned stimulus and response
- The elephant now expects chopped bananas when the whistle is blown which make it a neutral stimulus