Part 2: Stimulus control and cues
Join Dr. Jesús Rosales-Ruiz and Mary Hunter for two intensive days of lectures and hands-on exercises using PORTL. PORTL, or the Portable Operant Research and Teaching Lab, is a tabletop game that will help you learn more about animal behavior and learning.
In this advanced workshop, we will dive deep into a variety of topics related to stimulus control and cues. Through a series of lectures and PORTL exercises, you will learn about discrimination and generalization, different ways to add and change cues, the stimulus control quadrant, criterion and non-criterion related cues, how to test cues, how the environment and the learner’s history influence what cues are learned, poisoned cues, and much more.
Please note: This workshop is limited to attendees who also register for our Part 1: Shaping workshop on August 4-6.
The workshop will be limited to a small group of attendees to allow ample time for discussion and questions and so that participants can receive individual coaching during the exercises.
Monday - 9:30 - 5:00
Monday morning
Lecture: Stimulus control and adding cues
PORTL exercises: Cue delivery, adding cues
Monday afternoon
Lecture: Criterion and non-criterion cues
Lecture: Cues evolve during training
PORTL exercises: Teaching different types of cues
Tuesday - 9:30 - 5:00
Tuesday morning:
Lecture: The stimulus control quadrant
Lecture: Cues and context
PORTL exercises: More stimulus control exercises
Tuesday afternoon:
Lecture: Poisoned cues
PORTL exercises: Putting it all together: Advanced challenges