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  1. In classical conditioning, the previously neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a conditioned response is called the:

    Answer: Conditioned stimulus

    After repeated pairing with an unconditioned stimulus, a neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus that elicits the conditioned response.

  2. A trainer who uses 'least intrusive, minimally aversive' (LIMA) practices would first try which intervention for a jumping dog?

    Answer: Reinforcing four-paw contact with the ground

    LIMA requires exhausting the least aversive, most positive options before escalating to more intrusive interventions.

  3. What term describes the process of pairing a previously feared stimulus with something pleasant to change the dog's emotional response?

    Answer: Counter-conditioning

    Counter-conditioning changes the dog's conditioned emotional response (CER) by pairing the feared stimulus with a positive experience.

  4. A trainer gradually exposes a noise-sensitive dog to increasingly louder sounds without allowing fear to occur. This is:

    Answer: Systematic desensitization

    Systematic desensitization involves graduated sub-threshold exposure to the fear stimulus while keeping the dog below its fear threshold.

  5. Which concept best explains why a dog trained with punishment may appear to obey but stops complying when the punisher is absent?

    Answer: Suppression without learning an alternative

    Punishment can suppress behavior without teaching the dog what to do instead, so the behavior returns when the aversive consequence is removed.

  6. A dog reliably downs on a verbal cue without hesitation. This is described as the behavior being under:

    Answer: Stimulus control

    Stimulus control means a behavior occurs reliably in the presence of its designated cue and not in its absence.

  7. A trainer withholds reinforcement for a previously reinforced behavior to reduce it. What is the expected initial result?

    Answer: Extinction burst

    When reinforcement is withdrawn, behavior typically increases in frequency or intensity before it declines—this is an extinction burst.