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Skaidrė: 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
Skaidrė: 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
Skaidrė: 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