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Posts Tagged ‘positive’

I am always amused when folks argue against operant conditioning. “Operant conditioning” isn’t a method. It’s the way learning works. You’re using it whether you intend to or not. Whether you acknowledge it or not. That’s like saying, gravity isn’t the only way to stay on the ground

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Below are definitions from a site dedicated to Operant Conditioning.

http://r-plusdogtraining.info/lexicon.htm
Reinforcement = anything that strengthens a behavior
Punishment = anything that suppresses a behavior
Positive = something added to influence a behavior
Negative [...]


Crate Duty

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

“Hey kid, want to go to the Dentist? Here’s 50 bucks, get on the chair so I can lock you in.”
Sooner or later, virtually every puppy, no matter how juicy the tidbit thrown into the back of its crate, is going to balk at going in once it’s now mature enough to form an association [...]


The Emotional Battery

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

As an overview, the emotional battery stores both mass and energy, (I mean this literally since physical objects of attraction–as well as their inherent energy–become fused through Pavlovian conditioning onto the animals’ sense of its physical center-of-gravity) and serves as both an energy reserve boost and as emotional ballast (e-cog) as a source of information [...]


Quantum Canine ‘Eye Contact’ Episode Part III

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Kevin Behan and Trisha Selbach continue to discuss “Eye Contact” and the “Negative as access to the Positive”. Also learn more about how dogs “feel what we feel” and why Kevin advises his clients to “Be the Moose”.


Quantum Canine ‘Eye Contact’ Episode Part II

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Kevin Behan and Trisha Selbach continue to discuss “Eye Contact” and the “Negative as access to the Positive”. Also learn more about how dogs “feel what we feel” and why Kevin advises his clients to “Be the Moose”.

The discussion continues: click here to access Part III of this episode.


Quantum Canine ‘Eye Contact’ Episode Part 1

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Kevin Behan and Trisha Selbach discuss “Eye Contact” and the “Negative as access to the Positive”.
The discussion continues: click here to access Part 2 of this episode.




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